[DML] Re: Door Striker Pin

["bkp944" <bk_pollard@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to all that answered. The rear striker had two washers behind 
it, so removing one seems to have done the trick. I'd rather not mess 
with shimming the door hinges. The doors line up evenly with each 
other and the windshield up top. 

The end of the striker was shiny from rubbing the door guide. There 
was no doubt the striker was too long.

My door seals are less than one year old and are the larger profile 
set from P.J. Grady. My doors are a bit harder to latch in the second 
position than some other cars I've been around, but I also noticed 
their seals were not new, nor did they look as "thick" as mine. 

I think this may have some bearing on how easily the doors close. I 
personally would rather have tightly sealed doors that are a bit 
harder to close as opposed to doors that close and latch using one 
finger.

My torsion bars were adjusted last fall during a roof support repair 
job. I ended up backing off the driver's side torsion bar one notch, 
the passenger's side 2 notches. The door struts are new DMCH.

I have a bit of fine tuning to do to the passenger's side, then I
will 
reinstall the rubber grommets over the striker pins. Hopefully that 
will close another chapter in the restoration of 4494. There's plenty 
left to do!

Brian
VIN# 4494

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "stainlessilusion" <5n-@xxxx> wrote:
> Close the door, and check out the alignment. If the gap between
front
> fender/door and rear fender/door are very different and you cannot 
get
> the pin aligned for the life of you, you'll likely need to adjust
the
> door at the hinges. Adjusting the door at the hinges changes the
> closing and alignment of the door very much so, so drilling the hole
> will probably be a better thing if you're not up for the task
(yeah- 
T
> bar removal). After a few years of owning 5003?and don't ask me
how;
> my drivers door has been creeping forward towards the windshield so
> much that it eventually dented the header panel every time it was
> being opened, also made a mess of my inner seals. My point is, check
> out the alignment before you drill to make the pins work, you may 
make
> the door close and open easier, but you could be over looking other
> alignment issues which will cause seal damage etc. -----Dani B.
#5003






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