Jay Flight SLX door material

[Edpare]

We have a 2019 248RBSW we’ve had for 10 days. The door is extremely difficult to close and the indoor handle is made of plastic. I worry about breaking the handle every time I close the door and it isn’t getting any better. I’ve checked the alignment of the striker plate and angle of the plate and it is as good as I can make it.

I would like to add a marine-grade door pull that I can pull a little bit harder with but I would like to know what is inside the plastic skin. I drilled a 1/16” hole and I couldn’t feel anything in there. I’m thinking it’s just foam.

Does any one know if it is wood in there?

[RogerR]

Take the lock body off and you could see inside the hole what it is made of.

My guess is whatever is cheapest LOL

[mBuxx]

Take a look at the striker plate on the trailer side. Ours was installed backwards at the factory, constantly causes the door to stick, and is a PITA to close.

Thought I would just flip it myself, however when flipped it looks like crud because I will have to drill new holes for the screws and the old ones are exposed. One more thing on our list for our warranty visit in sept.

[K2tiger]

The inside of my door is styrofoam. I had a a similar issue and I found that a very light coat of heavy duty grease on the strike plate every other month solved the issue.

[MichaelO]

My door was hard to close until I sprayed a little white lithium on the latch and worked it in. Now it closes easy.

[GarlicDude]

The door on our trailer is also foam. When I added the Lippert Solid step the gas shock that held the door open couldn't be used so I had to add a door catch. I made a plate that was a bit larger than the base of the catch, drilled clearance holes for the 4 screws and bolted the two together with 2" long screws, Solid as a rock.