Autotrail Fly Screen Door

[Mr Trekker]

Hi, we recently damaged our Flyscreen on the door, snapping one of the threads that passes through the mesh, I tried to put a warranty claim in but there was a negative response. I was quoted app £300 for replacement from Autotrail and after some sole searching I decided to have a go myself. I looked on various forums and could not find any info apart from this one kind review below somebody placed. Following these instruction and a few frustrating hours saved me quite lot of money, i.e. App£5 for some thread and darning needles from Amazon. Unfortunately I do not the kind person who detailed the information below, however if its you thanks very much.
Hi, Did a lot of searching and could not find any posts from anyone who had undertaken a repair so I decided to jump in and have a go on the basis I had nothing to loose as my local Caravan dealer could supply a new one for £60 and 8 weeks delivery. To my surprise it turned out to be quite any easy job and in the end cost me £2 and a couple of hours work. The most difficult part is removing the whole assembly from the caravan.What you need to do is remove the 4 phillips screws in the bottom of the door channel and then lift the whole assembly up about 10mm to clear the 4 key hole screw fixings and the pull away from the caravan wall.( I had problems getting the assembly high enough due the information display mounted above the door. Once you have the assembly laid flat on the floor disassemble the frame by removing the torq screws at each corner. Leave the frame on the floor and take note of the routing of the cords. There are 4 separate cords routed in pairs . The 2 lower cords pass through the frame and are secured at the top. The 2 higher cords pass through the frame and are secured at the bottom. Start by undoing the torq screws that hold the plastic guides in the frame at the retracted end of the door and ease out of frame.Next unhook the cords from the closed side of the frame. The concertina door can now be eased out of both ends of the aluminium channels Make sure to keep the cords from getting tangled. Now you can replace the broken cord with 2mm cord available on ebay. the aluminium clamp at the spring end can be reused . use the snapped cord as a guide the the correct length.I routed the cord through the concertina using a large needle that my wife uses for sewing up her knitting. Reassembly is the reverse of the above.Take care when threading the concertina door back into its frame to ensure you do not snag any of the cords. The correct position of the end stop is easy as it is still on the mating cord. Good Luck

 

[Jim]

Thanks for sharing that, I'm sure some other AT owner will find it useful

 

[Vanman]

Is that a Remis fly screen?

 

[Mr Trekker]

There was no label on the assy itself to say the manufacturer. I have inserted the best photo of the assy I have with the broken string. Hope this may help.

 

[Bobandfay]

Hi Mr Trekker,just spent 3 hours replacing all the strings in door fly screen, on my Autotrail Delaware,the 2 bottom ones snapped while we were in Spain.Used the black kite string recommended on another post it is good as new. Thanks for posting how to do it saved me a few beer tokens many thanks.

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[Mr Trekker]

No problem Bob, glad it was helpful

 

[laurieash]

Will do mine when I get back from Spain.
Might even take some photos to help others.
2 mm cord / kite string.

 

[Branston]

I've got the same job to do on my screen on my Bailey. Screen looks same as in photo from Mr Trekker. I'll refer to his post when I tackle it, lauieash if you do the job a couple of photos of the "innards" would be useful if possible please?

 

[Deep Owl]

I replaced a broken thread with 10lb fishing line. I think it’s less likely to fray than cord is, and essentially no stretch.

It’s not complicated, just be methodical!