Abbey / Swift Overhead Cupboards

[Litespeed]

Did anybody ever come up with a solution to keeping the overhead cupboards open and to stop them closing on either your head or hands.

It is obviously a problem on all Abbeys / Swifts, I was just wondering if anybody ever manged to cure it without having to prop every door open.

 

[AndrewWimborne]

We have got a new 2007 Swift Challenger 540 and just loaded it up. no problem with the lockers, stayed open whilst put all the bits back in.

Andrew

 

[Hamer_5041128]

We have a 2007 Swift Conqueror 655. The overhead cupboards stay open without any problem. The side ones work on a sprung hinge mechanism and the front ones on a rachet mechanism.

Hamer

 

[antrimboy]

We have a 2006 Swift Challenger 540, and no problem with any of the overhead locker doors either.

 

[eriskay]

HI I have to agree with you I have a 2005 charisma with the plastic hinges .Swift have now changed to metal ones. Havnt worked out a cure yet ????

 

[Damian]

I have fitted brass cupboard stays from B&Q on the overhead cupboards which do not have the sprung stays already fitted.

 

[tomtom1]

HI I have to agree with you I have a 2005 charisma with the plastic hinges .Swift have now changed to metal ones. Havnt worked out a cure yet ????

send me your email address everyone and I'll send you a picture of how to cure thye problem

 

[tomtom1]

send me your email address everyone and I'll send you a picture of how to cure thye problem

sorry everyone forgot to give you an address to send to::::send me your email address to 58bmn@tiscali.co.uk and I'll send you a picture of how to cure the problem. Regards Tom

 

[Litespeed]

Our 2005 model still has the plastic type hinges.

We will be replacing it next year so its nice to know they have solved the problem.

In the meantime I'll do what Damian suggests and get some stays from B&Q....anythings better than bruised heads and trapped fingers!

Thanks

Simon

 

[karenmshorter]

Our Swift is 1991, and all locker stays are still working perfectly. Must have got a good one!!

 

[Bruce_374305942]

We have a dealer special based upon the Sterling 520 which arrived from the factory in Nov 2005 with their new plastic formed bed and locker bases. All the overhead locker hinges were tighened twice by the dealer to solve this issue, but that did not work, especially for the larger airliner type doors.

The manufacturers were contacted and they, probably reluctantly, agreed to the fitment of a THIRD hinge, which has certainly solved the problem for us.These things do hurt when they suddenly smack you.

Might be worth approaching your supplying dealer for them to try this for you.