> Any of y'all had your sliding door not want to stay shut? The one on > my '87 Westy is doing just that, even when locked... Not a fun thing, > driving down the road and have the side door pop open . . . I had that happen with my '85 - what had happened is that the weld had cracked on the pin on the van that the latch goes against, and when that was fixed, I had the door pop open a few times - the first bump, it would go to the "latched" state, the next, it would open. I ended up replacing the latch mechanism inside the sliding door. It's a little fiddly, but not that bad, really. Don't know that I'd want to do it in the Winter, mind you :o) toodle pip, -- Dug Smith | Terry Pratchett: It's almost (mailto:dug@dugbert.com) | impossible to ride a rock and roll (http://www.dugbert.com) | motorbike and stay on for three verses. |
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