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Re: bt7doorlatches

To: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Subject: Re: bt7doorlatches
From: tld6008@mchsi.com
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:51:57 +0000
My doors latch when closed but if you pull on them they pop out a little bit. I 
have changed the striker and the door gear looks OK. Any ideas?

--
Tim Davis BN7



> 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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