There is not much to the plate. It is a bear to get to though. You have to
remove
the panel next to the wheel hump and fish it out after bending up the tabs.
If you
drop it it's gone. I have my spare stored some where inside the drivers side
panel.
You could very easly redrill and tap two holes nest to the old ones in the
plate
without replaceing the plate or weld a nut or thicker plate to the back of
the orginal
one.
Good luck
Doug
"Wright, Larry" wrote:
> It seems I need to adjust my driver's side door about every
> other time I drive it. The striker in the jamb just won't stay put.
> There's a good reason; only one bolt will tighten. Nothing is wrong with
> the bolts. However, there's a little "plate" that "floats" on the
> backside of the jamb with two holes in it to receive the bolts, and one
> hole is stripped. It had been a while since I last looked at it, but I
> recall it was held in place by a few tabs of sheet metal, so it could
> move around and thus allow adjustment of the striker.
> I have been putting up with this for sooooo long, figuring I'd
> have to fabricate a new plate. Didn't occur to me to ask if anyone might
> have a spare sitting in a parts car they might part with. Or is this
> common to everyone's Sunbeam, making the plate as rare and valuable as
> heater valves?
>
> Lawrence R. Wright
> Purchasing Analyst
> Andrews Office Products Div. of USOP
> lrw@aop.com
> Ph. 301.386.7923 Fx. 301.386.5333
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