Hello. I have a new to me 95 Viking PuP and have never been able to get the door to secure in place after popping it up. I have had a though of using a squeeze clamp to help pop the aluminum hinge into place. Will this cause any problems? Trying to place it with the pup fully leveled and rolled up with no luck yet.
Any tricks I can try?
Thanks in advance!
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It is a general consensus when having troubles with door alignment to make sure the trailer is really level, both side to side and front to back. On my trailer, my door will not go in at all unless I have front to back perfectly level.
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Do you have the bunk ends extended when you are trying to get the door in? We had a similar issue with our 91 Pal Filly when we first got it. Someone on another forum told me to only pull the bunk ends out far enough to give ourselves enough room to work with the door. By not having the ends extended & tight, it gave us the wiggle room we needed to snap the door in place. After we got the door in, then we would extend the bunks the rest of the way & set up the canvas.
On our Viking I would sometimes have trouble with the door snapping into place. With the weight of a bag awning on the side, the roof seemed to lean a little towards the door side. After the roof was fully up I would just push it back a little towards the street side. Doing so helped to get the door in place a little easier.
We had trouble with getting the bottom of the door snapped into place since we bought it new a year ago. The dealer adjusted the up limit on the power lift and it worked great one time. Since then, when we get ready for that part, I stand in the PUP and push up on the roof a little and DW pops the bottom in. Works great and we don't have to fight it. It is easier however if you put the door in place before you zip down the 4 corner zippers.
Hope this helps.
TKnect, I did level it. Even purchased a BAL leveler to ensure it got level. Mine is a 2 piece door as well with the aluminum flex panel mounted to the interior roof. Another thing to note is that this pop up had an attempted break in which caused the edge to be pulled away and a small dip in the roof where the door mounts. I think this is contributing to my troubles.
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