Date:         Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:20:17 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Cranky 86+ sliding door latch
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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At 10:10 PM 6/20/2010, Alistair Bell wrote:
>the rear striker/latch is very much like a front door latch, pin and
>capture. if as you say, the latch is not clamping down fast enough to
>hold pin, then I think cleaning and re lubricating is in order.

Me too.  It's the devil to get to though; I thought someone might
have developed some Handy Hints on the subject.

Yrs,
d

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