Date:         Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:49:14 -0800
Reply-To:     Dug Smith <dug@DUGBERT.COM>
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From:         Dug Smith <dug@DUGBERT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sliding door comes open...
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> 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,
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        Dug Smith         | Terry Pratchett: It's almost
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