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Date:         Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:09:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Sliding Door Latches Poorly
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0402011514160.6510-100000@bluemoon.hplx.net>
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I find the same thing. . .it a timing thing to hard it bounces back
to soft and it doesn't latch. For me I find the door needs to be more
then 50% open before it's closed then it slides shut fine.


JFF




>I find that with some experimentation, you can usually get the door to
>shut properly using exactly the right momentum, just hard enough to engage
>the latch, but too soft to cause the door to bounce back before it
>latches.  And if you're taking friends places -- make sure you're the one
>closing the door. :)
>
>ian Butler / ian@bluemoon.hplx.net
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