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Ever had a cooler lid hinge come unscrewed?

I tried bigger screws and epoxy to no avail.

I went to pop rivets I think this will be the way to getter done.

Bigger screws worked for me......so far.

Here's a good trick I learned from JT51's brother Butch. Take all the plastic hinges off your coolers chunk em away. take a old boat strap cut it peices bout 4 or 5 inches long take oversized screws and fender washers go through the strap back into the exsisting holes, Butch fixed 2 of my coolers a couple years ago, still going strong. I tell ya that Butch is full of Ideas.

I just had a lid come off this last weekend....Two broken hinges.
I'm going to try the strap idea.

If you dont want to cut up a strap or dont have one, I did the same thing but went to a fabric store and got some free samples (i believe they call em swatches) of heavy canvas material. works great. can also be used to make new latches as well.

please explain how to on the latch

After seeing a friend do this, I replaced the hinges on two coolers with the thick clear plastic hose you can buy by the foot at Lowes. Just cut off about 3" and split it lengthwise. I moved the screws over slightly and put them in with a little 5200. I like the hose better than the fabric only b/c it stays rigid and doesn't collapse when you open the lid all the way. This has worked well for me so far.

have used leather from an old belt or pair of boat shoes. Usually last longer than the plastic ones the coolers come with.

What a mess wrote:please explain how to on the latch

Put in a screw in the box and a hole in the leather flap hanging down from the top. Fit screw to hole. Your married so I am sure you will figure it out sooner or later

MudDucker wrote:

What a mess wrote:please explain how to on the latch

Put in a screw in the box and a hole in the leather flap hanging down from the top. Fit screw to hole. Your married so I am sure you will figure it out sooner or later

You are correct I am married so I forgot how to do all that just about the time the wedding cake got stale.

I'd ask for photos and instructions but if I wasn't real clear that I meant on cooler repair only no telling what I might end up with around here.

I think one of our own got kicked to the curb on another site for that.

Put in a screw in the box and a hole in the leather flap hanging down from the top. Fit screw to hole.

Basically. But I used the existing posts from the old hinges and just replaced the part on the lid with a piece of fabric and cut a hole in it to fit over the post.

Buy a Yeti and you want have too worry about it.

getter done

CairoTrout wrote:Buy a Yeti and you want have too worry about it.

FOR THE LAST TIME, CT, MY GIRLFRIENDS NOT FOR SALE!!!!!

We know, just for rent right?