Ice chest hinges...
 

My plastic hinges keep breaking on the Coleman icechest... anyone out there has found some better hinges that will last more than 2 seasons? Any pics?

Leather

Pretty sure you can order stainless hinges on the Coleman website. Check it out. If I remember right they weren't much more than the plastic ones.

Mine do the same thing. The best thing i found was leather. I use an old belt and cut me some pieces.

They sale them at west marine and academy I believe I'm about to do the same thing with mine

Thanks for the response... I will be getting some stainless steel hinges.

I cut up an old leather belt and made hinges.

Get a yeti.... No more problems.:)

I replaced hinges & drain plugs for years on igloos, colemans etc.

Got my 1st yeti 3 years ago.... No problems and I treat it ruff.

For the price you should not have any problems.....;)

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And u won't......:)

For a cheap fix cut a old rubber hose 4 inches long and slice down middle. Screw it in like you would a leather belt.

rubber sheeting or leather...you'll never have to change a hinge again !

Use a hose or a tow strap. Cute to size and screw on........also, replace the strap on the inside with a spring. It'll hold the top open for you!!

I have found a Nilon strap material works great. Been using this one for ~4 years now.

I use this ice chest when I go turkey hunting. The [almost new] plastic hinges would make a loud "creeking" noise when the lid was opened..... that had to be corrected. The nilon hinges don't make noise.

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You guys remeind me of my dad. As a kid I remember every broken cooler hinge had some time of material holding it together in its place. Now, I just leave them broken. Sometimes its nice just to remove the whole thing. I will get around to fixing them sometime I guess.

x2 thats what i use and when you loose your drain cap a 2 liter coke bottle top fits perfect also.

buy a Frigid Rigid and be done with it for good

one block of ice for the weekend

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buy a Frigid Rigid and be done with it for good

40qt weight 26 lbs. $530 :eek: best come with a happy ending...

No shat i was just looking at them, CHEESE AND RICE!

as fast as ya can pull bro, as fast as ya can pull:help::help::help:

the little hatch door on the lid of mine flew off on the highway ......... i got to find me one of those!!!

Academy

The other big problem with these are the screws stripping out in the plastic chest. Any fixes for this???

3m 5200 oe epoxy...i would think...

My grandpaw used to use sticky side velcro still got one of his....its held lots of fish and crabs.....

or just move the hinge over and make new holes

Get a slightly bigger screw and use 3M marine sealant (Home Depot) in the screw hole and under the hinge. Once its on it aint comin off! Just dont get it on your hands or clothing. Pain in the butt!

Drill thru and thru and put a flat washer and nut on inside. Little on the black boy side but it works

That will work for the cooler but not the lid!!!

Im gonna have to do that, i keep ripping my effin handles off everytime i pull my ice chest seat out!

I have done this on more than one 94 quart marine ice chest. It works great and you don't have to worry about the handles breaking off with a chest full of fish.

not in Lake Charles ....... they don't have shat!!!!