Door bumpers - long vs. short

[Roadglide117]

If you have to push the door inward to use the deadbolt then the door is not closed to its “second” position. Many of these doors have to be closed quite hard to get them to their fully sealed position. That’s certainly how mine works.

I was told with mine for travel you have to give it the "Amish slam"....not sure where they define that at ...but a good slam and making sure goes to 2nd latch and mine does not rattle.

 

[Richpatty]

I won’t do the heavy slam as I really worry about damage to the doors window or even the mechanism.

 

[J&JD]

I won’t do the heavy slam as I really worry about damage to the doors window or even the mechanism.

We only give the door a relatively hard close when we are ready for travel. The rest of the time the door is closed lightly. This has worked for 7 years and 70k miles with no ill effects. We call the closes the “travel close” and the “camping close”.

 

[bmtcpa10]

I used car door weather stripping. Worked great.

 

[JV2LY]

I purchased two 1" bumpers from my local rv dealer at a cost of $5 each. they were a little long, so I sanded them to 13/16" and they cured the rattle.