Kurt,
Sometimes cheating and packing the latches further into the door is the only
way to overcome this problem.
Another thing to check is that the latch pin hasn't worn along the edge to a
point where it will not stay in the hole in the striker. Looking at the
latch pin, it should have a chamfer only on the inbard side to allow it to
slide by the striker surface and click into the hole. The other side of the
pin should have no wear at all.
Rich Chrysler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Leslie" <kansl@net1plus.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: bt7doorlatches
> Any info on adjusting door latches on a bt7. Both door post strikers
> have been replaced and after several attempts have been adjusted all the
> way inward towards the interior, Locks have been shimmed twice, and
> still continue to have a closure gap about the thickness of the door
> skin nothing seems to alter the gap. I guess the next step is to replace
> the door latches themselves? Any info would be appreciated. Kurt L.
> Mass.
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