[DML] Re: Again-Door Seals; Inner

[tobyp@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dani - There is supposed to be some compression of the seals against 
the door when you close it.  If there isn't enough compression, the 
seal will leak.  If there is too much compression, the seal may 
become damaged.  If the seal that you are descibing is actually being 
pushed out of position during compression, then that is another 
story.  For the seals that you have on your car, what is the shape of 
the cross-section?  Is it a round seal with a lip that sticks out at 
an angle?  Which direction is the lip angled in ... towards the 
inside of the door opening, or towards the outside?  Or, do you have 
the version of seal that was more or less a square cross-section with 
no lip?  Give us a better picture of what you are experiencing, and 
we will be able to tell you whether it is "normal" or not.  Thanks.

Toby Peterson  VIN 2248 "Winged1"
DeLorean Parts Northwest, LLC
www.delorean-parts.com 

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dani B" <5n-@xxxx> wrote:
> Just a quick question on the inner seals-I hope you can understand
> what I mean here... Does the seals fold down with the door when you
> close it, or is the seal supposed to just sit against the steel (no
> folding)? My situation is that when I close the door, the lip of the
> seal contacts the steel of the door, causing quite a bit of the seal
> to fold with it until it is shut, and no where else does it do this.
> Usually I just push the folding parts up as I close the door, but I
> can't do this when I'm getting out of my car going somewhere-only 
when
> I'm in it (because this can only be done from the inside). I'm
> getting tired of doing this I am wondering if this
> occurance is normal? -probably not. Thanks, Dani B. 5003




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