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?
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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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