Originally posted by Bounder
Last time I checked, the door has not been changed. The key to preserving it is to make sure, ABSOLUTELY SURE, that you use the retaining strap to keep the door restrained during travel. Ours has done fine - till the day it was left unclipped. That led to the door tearing the screws out from those hangers.
Fortunately, if this does happen, you can flip the door 180 degrees and re-attach the brackets to the new 'top' edge. I suspect that the factory, to make manufacturing and assembly easier, makes it so the door can be installed with either edge up.
I may re-inforce the set-up over time, but for now simply double-checking the restraining strap has prevented further issues.
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We never drove with the strap unattached. The door broke initially when we drove over about 15 miles of washboard gravel in south-central Colorado. The roller disintegrated several months later during "normal" driving on pavement. It's a design flaw.
Hey, we have the Hood River Edition...it's supposed to be the tough R-Pod!