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Title: Replacing bottom plastic hinge on Dometic Royale refrigerator.
Post by: NADAZE! on July 15, 2025, 10:46:41 am

2002 31': The bottom plastic hinge broke on my Dometic Royale refrigerator Model: RM3862. It appears the bottom hinge is part of the bottom plastic trim piece. I attempted two unsuccessful attempts with super glue. I searched Model; RM3862 for replacement hinges. I'm not sure how these will replace the plastic originals.

Your thoughts.

Title: Re: Replacing bottom plastic hinge on Dometic Royale refrigerator.
Post by: Steve on July 15, 2025, 12:58:27 pm

The hardware in the pic is for the frame-side part of the hinges. You might have luck with an ebay search, eg:

Dometic RM 2852 /3862 Refrigerator L Opening Door-Used | eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/176819768619?_skw=dometic+rm3862+parts&itmmeta=01K07G1P3FZT7WRE6NQ1CCT5QT&hash=item292b478d2b:g:krMAAOSwUw1nn8pB&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fd33rgBS%2FA5ww8Up3MO0g6EvWG%2Bq93ds35xIIlUSQ%2Bx8XZNnrQlENLFqXyXoEdsyD4YtZZvlasgUov65bVVnvRGCYd2EsiwKsRtX1qLegI1Yi3RxkYTyeDjRjX2oCu79vFemvYjdd6RV4DCe6S2FhDIBT7r0UtTi00KL%2FIVHQlEonPvk0u80OgscOcCnGlkVdwTx0Ft5Jl8UIYZOMR0YCV8RuVKUyAZ%2B3tQG43Qctau0XMe7Akwzz2pcKY8gkPcpRIGaqRKlZ5eRQra3kI46aOiWZnRTXHoJPtnDLx1lcF9w%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_jhhvCBZg)

or, try repairing OFF the door with JB Weld plastic epoxy, pretty good stuff.

Steve

Title: Replacing bottom plastic hinge on Dometic Royale refrigerator.
Post by: NADAZE! on July 15, 2025, 01:47:34 pm

Title: Re: Replacing bottom plastic hinge on Dometic Royale refrigerator.
Post by: NADAZE! on July 15, 2025, 01:49:39 pm

Thanks Steve-
The Ebay door has the same issue. Broken hinges

Title: Re: Replacing bottom plastic hinge on Dometic Royale refrigerator.
Post by: Andy Baird on July 15, 2025, 07:15:10 pm

There's a lot of stress on that hinge, given a loaded door. It was stupid of Dometic to use plastic. If you can't find a metal replacement (maybe from a later model year), could you fabricate a replacement from, say, 1/8" aluminum?

Title: Re: Replacing bottom plastic hinge on Dometic Royale refrigerator.
Post by: MarkT on July 16, 2025, 04:52:04 pm

These might work?

Dometic Refrig RV Door Hinge Repair Kit 330786.005 3307910.004 Made in USA |... (https://www.ebay.com/itm/376180054662)

Item (https://rvcoolingunit.com/item/452)

Edit: Here's a video on the installation. https://onedrive.live.com/?qt=allmyphotos&photosData=%2Fshare%2FF6343BD343ABA3B7%21s702c0d13d5f844e4906f25879f56b48b%3Fithint%3Dvideo%26e%3DXbzSfG%26migratedtospo%3Dtrue&sw=bypassConfig&cid=F6343BD343ABA3B7&id=F6343BD343ABA3B7%21s702c0d13d5f844e4906f25879f56b48b&redeem=aHR0cHM6Ly8xZHJ2Lm1zL3YvYy9mNjM0M2JkMzQzYWJhM2I3L0VSTU5MSEQ0MWVSRWtHOGxoNTlXdElzQmdPTmNabG01MUJGbWYxNXZrY0Fpa0E%5FZT1YYnpTZkc&v=photos

Title: Re: Replacing bottom plastic hinge on Dometic Royale refrigerator.
Post by: NADAZE! on July 16, 2025, 06:39:47 pm

Thanks Andy!
I totally agree. Plastic was a very bad idea. I'll tinker around and see if I can resolve the issue.

Title: Re: Replacing bottom plastic hinge on Dometic Royale refrigerator.
Post by: NADAZE! on July 16, 2025, 06:42:34 pm

Thanks MarkT! This just might work.
Time to place an order.

Mark

Title: Re: Replacing bottom plastic hinge on Dometic Royale refrigerator.
Post by: NADAZE! on July 17, 2025, 07:43:16 am

Thanks MarkT! This just might work.
Time to place an order.

Mark

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