I had the problem on my '88. Tried everything. Ultimately had to replace the locking mechanism. As it turned out, the original had a tendency to do this because of wear over time. The replacement was an updated version to fix the problem.. Once installed, I never again had problems with the door popping open. As IRC, the lock came from Van Cafe. Others may have it. On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 9:14 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hey Rick. > > Can be a number of things. Crud in the mech, attachment points shifted, > rubber seal adrift…. > > It’s hard to give to a silver bullet . One of those “ let’s have a look > and try some things “ thing. > > Ab > > > On Nov 16, 2022, at 10:28 AM, Rick Cooper <rick@webleaf.ca> wrote: > > > > Over the past few weeks, the sliding door on my 1987 Westie does not > want to close properly. More specifically, the latch at the rear of the > door does not want to lock onto the post mounted on the body. > > > > If I slam it hard and push inward at the rear of the door at the same > time, I can usually get it to latch, but it is becoming increasingly > difficult. A couple of times the door has popped open while in transit, > which is a bit unnerving. > > > > What is the solution to this? Moving the post? > > > > Rick > |
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