Main door fly screen

[Moonlight Motel]

Hi
Am in need of help.

Currently travelling along coast of Spain and our main door fly screen has collapsed. The cord that runs along the top, bottom and through the middle of the netting has snapped.

Has anyone had this problem or has anyone had to dismantle or remove the fly screen frame. Will be doing something temporary this evening but will have to fix in the morning

Thanks very much
John

 

[markicp]

Sadly it’s quite a major job we had the same trouble travelling the coast of Spain, not something you can really do while travelling, we used Kevlar Braided Line not a straight forward job but doable

 

[Moonlight Motel]

Sadly it’s quite a major job we had the same trouble travelling the coast of Spain, not something you can really do while travelling, we used Kevlar Braided Line not a straight forward job but doable

Thanks for the response Mark. How did you manage to do the job?

 

[markicp]

It was over a year ago I did ours but it was pretty straight forward to strip down, most panels on the side and top are just Velcro on, then just small metal brackets hold to the body also 2 hidden screws in the bottom runner hard to see through the dust protector pile, hardest bit was threading the new cable if I remember I could not strip completely down as it is curved took a lot of patience.

 

[Moonlight Motel]

It was over a year ago I did ours but it was pretty straight forward to strip down, most panels on the side and top are just Velcro on, then just small metal brackets hold to the body also 2 hidden screws in the bottom runner hard to see through the dust protector pile, hardest bit was threading the new cable if I remember I could not strip completely down as it is curved took a lot of patience.

Mark
Thanks for the advice. Had a quick look again this morning and thought the same. The hardest part will
Be to work out the course for tge cord. We are in our last week of an 18 week trip before the van goes into storage in Valencia for the winter so would be nice to have it fixed before then
Thanks again
John

 

[Moonlight Motel]

Well after over four hours the fly screen is fixed. Markicp was right about needing a lot of patience. There was plenty to dismantle to get at the cable. But we now have a very smooth sliding screen again with a very subtle red cable.

 

[gover100]

Same happened to our flyscreen. Booked in for warranty repair and having to leave it with them for a couple of days as its a big job according to VW.

Suspect it will be something I end up doing myself once its out of warranty and happens again!

 

[Moonlight Motel]

Same happened to our flyscreen. Booked in for warranty repair and having to leave it with them for a couple of days as its a big job according to VW.

Suspect it will be something I end up doing myself once its out of warranty and happens again!

Lucky it is under warranty but it is a straight forward if time consuming job. A logical and step by step approach will get it done with a small number of tools. The right cord and cord tension is the most important thing at the end