At 12:00 AM 25/10/2002 -0400, you wrote: >From: Clay Perry <Cmpbiker@AOL.COM> >I have two nits that are bothering me. My Glovebox will only close partially, >there is about a . 5 inch gap, and then flops open at the slightest >disturbance. It appears the little fixed portion of the latch (strike) has >some grooves worn in it. Is there a new source or trick to adjusting this? > >My other bother is the sliding door. Occasionally it just opens while I am >cruising down the road, usually the back edge pops open a little bit to warn >me. Once it has slid completely open. I have checked the latch and the >mechanism and things look OK but I am not sure what bad looks like. > >Any suggestions?
Clay, Had both those things happen to me too at different times.In both instances it was simply the striker that the latch connects to when closed that had worked loose. Re-adjusted to the correct spot (a bit of trial & error) and re-tightened and neither have given trouble since. May your fix be as simple.... Cheers, Steve O Blue Mountains NSW Australia '92 Transporter WBX Kombi '76 Transporter Double Cab '68 Beetle '00 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab (work truck) '02 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab (brand new work truck:) |
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