Slim,
The latch will pull the door in to compress the weather-stripping. I have the
Steele products rubber on my door. My door sticks out slightly less than
1/16" once I adjusted the latch striker in. But with the aging of the rubber
it will lose it's bounciness slightly.
My rule of thumb is adjust the latch in twice as much and move it out half of
the distance if it is too much. Never had a problem with it since then. Move
your striker plate in about half the distance you are trying to get rid of.
I will have to agree with Bob on the issue of the doors sticking out slightly
as when my father had bought them new for his business the doors were never
flush with the openings.
My father has a completely original, nothing changed at all, not even the
belts or hoses 1 1/2 ton AD. It was an emergency fire truck, fortunately
never had seen a road except for servicing. I have compared alot of items I
purchased to it and try to find the right item. I have taken alot of pictures
of various areas to compare to what I have and what is right.
The only other thing I would check would be your door alignment. Make sure
the gap is as consistent as possible, maybe make the front gap slightly
smaller than the rear of the door, as the front area of weather-stripping will
compress more than the rear. Then adjust the striker plate.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: Slim
To: Jon Kunkel
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Fw: door weatherstripping
Jon
with the striker plate completely removed and manually
trying to hold the door shut it wont go in flush with cab
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Kunkel
To: Slim
Cc: oletrucks posting
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Fw: door weatherstripping
Slim,
You can adjust the latch plate on the cab by loosening the screws and
moving
the latch plate in. Just move it slightly and retighten and readjust as
necessary. I had the same problem with new weather-stripping that I put
on
my doors.
Jon 50 3104
Chicago burbs
----- Original Message -----
From: "Slim" <loebig@earthlink.net>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 7:51 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Fw: door weatherstripping
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Slim
> To: old-chevy-truck@egroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 6:37 PM
> Subject: door weatherstripping
>
>
> I recently purchased a 1952 Chev half ton and the previous owner never
> finished the project.
> The problem is the doors closing. doors have been sandblasted cleaned
> repainted,
> hinges rebuilt new springs then installed weather-stripping
> The installation of the weather-stripping looks excellent.
> when the door is closed and latched tightly standing at the rear of
the
truck
> looking forward there is approx a quarter of an inch further the door
should
> go shut.
> Has anyone had this problem. I assume the weather-strip is too thick.
> If I remove and re-install new where should I buy it
> so it is the proper thickness? which vendor do you recommend
> Somewhat a perfectionist
> Slim
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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