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02-12-2021, 05:05 PM | #1 |
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Drivers door latch
Drivers door latch won't hold door closed, just pulls back open. What causes this problem, it's on a 55 Fairlane.
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02-12-2021, 06:46 PM | #2 |
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Re: Drivers door latch
if i remember there's a spring that sets the star wheel or something
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02-14-2021, 09:48 PM | #3 |
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Re: Drivers door latch
It's also possible the plate in the door jamb has drifted out of adjustment. Those 55's were marginal, one of the reasons they used a new deeper design on the 56's. Seems to me there's also some kind of "ratchet" catch in the star wheel as Frank mentioned above.
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02-15-2021, 04:47 AM | #4 |
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Re: Drivers door latch
There was a lengthy thread regarding this not too long ago. The consensus was to go with the 56 system.
It's in the archives somewhere (just like PREGO) but I have no luck with the SEARCH FEATURE here.
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02-17-2021, 02:26 PM | #5 |
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Re: Drivers door latch
Thanks for the info. as soon as the weather clears up I'll check it out. Al
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03-17-2021, 03:10 PM | #6 |
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03-18-2021, 09:26 AM | #7 |
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Re: Drivers door latch
good for you
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03-18-2021, 05:34 PM | #8 | |
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Re: Drivers door latch
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The best way to adjust a striker plate is to loosen the attaching screws barely enough to allow the striker to move with the force of the door latch closing on it, but not loosening the screws so much that the striker plate falls to the bottom of it's enlarged holes behind it. The result you want is for the "guide" on the door latch to engage with the striker spring-loaded nylon "push-bar" AND simultaneously having the latch star-wheel engage properly with the teeth on the striker. I also suggest that the striker plate be moved OUTWARD from the surface of the door-jamb enough so that the latch star-wheel teeth will fully engage with the teeth on the striker plate. This can be accomplished by adding more composite shims behind the striker plate. Don't move it out so far that the door gets scratched by the edge of the striker. |
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03-24-2021, 02:04 PM | #9 |
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Re: Drivers door latch
Thanks got-er-done. Al
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