Removing sail panel from bunk cabinets

[rvquest]

Has anyone had to remove this panel before? Mine has some water damage and I need to replace it. I would like to keep it whole to use as a template. It has 3-4 angled screws holding it in, but the bunk frame makes it difficult to impossible to get a screw driver or drill in there.

[rvquest]

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[HarryS]

Have you tried a 90 degree adapter on a screw gun?

[rvquest]

I have not but, but I will check that out. Thanks.

Originally Posted by HarryS

Have you tried a 90 degree adapter on a screw gun?

[EA37TS]

Also try an off set screwdriver.

[rvquest]

Unfortunately none of these worked as I have determined the 4 screws (2 top 2 bottom) holding it in place are not accessible at all die to the bunk frame.

Still trying to figure out how to get it out with out total destruction.

[rvquest]

By the way the screw holes I posted the picture of have no screws in them.

[javelin]

Originally Posted by rvquest

Has anyone had to remove this panel before? Mine has some water damage and I need to replace it. I would like to keep it whole to use as a template. It has 3-4 angled screws holding it in, but the bunk frame makes it difficult to impossible to get a screw driver or drill in there.

Have you tried removing the motor access panel to see if you can inspect fasteners from behind (inside the wall)? If your coach is similar.....picture attached. It will be awkward and may require a mirror to view inside the wall space. By sail panel I assume you mean the small panel that looks like a sail....not sure what the second picture represents.....removed pocket hole fasteners? Failing all else a fine hacksaw blade mounted in a hand fixture might be able to carefully follow the panel edges and cut the necessary pocket hole fasteners along the way. Unfortunately that would likely cause panel damage or at minimum a gap along the board frame edges.

[rvquest]

I did try that originally, but it did not help. The best access came from removing the padded panel underneath.

It seems the cabinets were assembled and then mounted leaving the screws inaccessible from the back due to the bunk frame. Ultimately, I decided to drill large holes at each screw and angle the screws out so they could be unscrewed. It destroyed the panel, but I think that was inevitable.

I swear they do not factor in repairability when building these things

Originally Posted by javelin

Have you tried removing the motor access panel to see if you can inspect fasteners from behind (inside the wall)? If your coach is similar.....picture attached. It will be awkward and may require a mirror to view inside the wall space. By sail panel I assume you mean the small panel that looks like a sail....not sure what the second picture represents.....removed pocket hole fasteners? Failing all else a fine hacksaw blade mounted in a hand fixture might be able to carefully follow the panel edges and cut the necessary pocket hole fasteners along the way. Unfortunately that would likely cause panel damage or at minimum a gap along the board frame edges.