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EagleChief · 02-04-2019, 01:53 PM

I messed with the door a little bit yesterday morning. There is a tiny bit of play in the door hinges - maybe 1/8" or so. Maybe that's enough to throw it off?

The latch mechanism on the driver door has a ton of play in it compared to the passenger side. I'm guessing that is another reason that it will not latch properly. Also, the interior door handle has a lot of play and sloppiness in it... almost to the point of feeling like it's going to fall out. Since both of those feel pretty worn out, I went ahead and order a new latch assembly with the rods so I can replace all of that. Hopefully that will cure it. I'll look into tightening up the door hinges as well. Is that an adjustment, or something that has to be replaced?

02-04-2019, 01:53 PM	#27
EagleChief Registered User Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 410	Re: EagleChief's 1971 Build Thread I messed with the door a little bit yesterday morning. There is a tiny bit of play in the door hinges - maybe 1/8" or so. Maybe that's enough to throw it off? The latch mechanism on the driver door has a ton of play in it compared to the passenger side. I'm guessing that is another reason that it will not latch properly. Also, the interior door handle has a lot of play and sloppiness in it... almost to the point of feeling like it's going to fall out. Since both of those feel pretty worn out, I went ahead and order a new latch assembly with the rods so I can replace all of that. Hopefully that will cure it. I'll look into tightening up the door hinges as well. Is that an adjustment, or something that has to be replaced?