Re: [DML] Re: slight door adjustment necessary?

["Christopher Hawes" <chris@xxxx>]

I am in the middle of a similar situation.... I have just put a new pair of
gas struts on my doors and they lift perfectly now.

Even before I changed them my drivers door in particular would open
perfectly from the interior but not when you lift the outside handle. In
face my driver handle snapped!!!!!!

I have replace the handle with a reproduction in Zinc and 4 in 5 door
openings I can feel the back part of the door releasing but not the front
which results in the door lifting around 1/2 inch and then jamming. I have
to then walk around the car and lean in and lift the interior handle to open
it fully.

Having removed the door skin I can see the central lift latch moves all the
way across when activated via the internal handle, however it can be clearly
seen that when the outside handle is lifted it only moves about 40-50% hence
the jamming.

Tomorrow evening I shall try and find the fitting that links the outside
door cable to the central lift latch (rocker switch).

Regards

Chris Hawes
vin 5255


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:11 PM
Subject: [DML] Re: slight door adjustment necessary?


> You will have to try experimenting with the adjustment of the anchor
> pins. When you close the door and slam it, it crushes the door seals.
> Depending on how tight you crush the seals it may make it harder to
> open the door. It could be the seals are hard and you are closing too
> tight, you may need new door seals before you can properly adjust the
> anchor pins. The torsion bar and the strut don't have a whole lot to
> do with this as much as the anchor pins holding tight against the door
> seals. Do not try to compensate for worn door seals by closing the
> door tighter against them. Also make sure the head of the anchor pin
> is not hitting the edge of the door. If you have to, remove washers to
> keep the head from hitting, the latch should only capture the side of
> the pin, the top of the head shouldn't rub, the sides of the head
> should not even hit the guide.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> > List,
> >
> > last fall i had my pass side torsion bar tightened by one spline.
> of course
> > i first checked my struts which were ok. this caused the pass side
> door to
> > open just like the driver's side, all the way up. this winter while
> working
> > on the car i was having a little difficulty closing the pass side
> door all
> > the way because for one reason or another the second final latch
> latch on the
> > rear of the door was having a tough time engaging. i figured it was
> just the
> > cold. well now that the car is out and it is spring, the door
> closes
> > perfectly every time however i am having trouble opening the door.
>
>
>
>
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