Odd Spare Part Request

zoltar_boi

I have a problem in the bathroom of my motorhome. The door under the sink is missing one of the rotating lugs that holds it onto the vanity unity and acts as a a kind of hinge. This means the door falls off from time to time while driving (the top lug holds it in most of the time). The press is useful, but without the door it's a bit pointless.

Does anyone know where such a small item can be sourced? It is basically a solid plastic pole, about the thickness of a straw, with a fixed disk of plastic halfway down it to act as a kind of washer to stop the lug falling inside the unit.

Ta

stapeler

Is it a plastic or timber door and do you have a picture of it?

zoltar_boi

Hi Stapeler,

It's a plastic unit. White with a lovely yellow door!

These are a few shots of the part. The top one is still in place, and the bottom "hinge" is broken off where it goes into the housing of the unit. I'll need to drill out the old one if I get a new one I guess.

Thanks

peasant

No idea where to get such a bit ...but that looks like nothing that two bits of suitably sized plastic waste and some superglue wouldn't fix

(something to whittle at when it's raining outside )

zoltar_boi

Thanks peasant - I have considered that - but my idea of "whittling" was going to involve a router, a table vice and several days in the emergency ward!

stapeler

You could modify a bolt, a couple of washers and nuts to make something up. Also consider those white plastic nuts/bolts available from plumbing/hardware shops.

*Kol*

If you bring the one you have to a machine shop they would run that off on a lathe in about 2 minute out of aluminium or plastic if they had it.

zoltar_boi

Thanks guys - I'll try out the bodge idea stapeler. Will look for a machine shop near me if that doesn't work.