I have no advice to offer -- just a note that it could be worse :-) I had a 78 Westy with the typical rotting out sliding door track at the bottom. I was making a fast left in rush hour traffic and the slider flew off and landed in the intersection as I looked behind me to see where the sudden draft was coming from. Luckily the door didn't hit anyone and no one hit the door --- which I recovered and re-installed. Cheers, Doug
On 2/7/07, Doug Fitz-Randolph <fitzr@suscom-maine.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've had this trouble for some time now. Not cold-weather specific > necessarily. The back of the slider will pop open every so often when I > hit a bump. I tried adjusting the striker and thought I had it licked, > but it came back again after a few weeks. > > Last week the door actually slid all the way open! It had popped open > slightly, as it has many times, on the way home on the interstate. After > stopping at the end of my exit ramp, I sort of peeled out and -whoosh- > the door opened completely! This has never happened before, but I was > also never able to develop any significant acceleration before I got a > 2.5l Subaru engine 6 months ago. > > Is my problem the latch? I've seen these at Bus Depot and they aren't > too expensive. > > Doug Fitz-Randolph > Freeport, ME > > -------------------- > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:14:20 -0500 > From: Joe Beckham <jrbeckh@COX.NET> > Subject: Sliding door popping open > > Hello All, > > > > Does anyone else have problems with the sliding door popping open on very > cold days? Or does anyone know the fix? Thanks in advance!! all the best, > Joe >
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