<VV> Door Latch Problem

[Tom Hughes]

When you lift the door do you feel slop in the hinge pin? If so,
Clark's sells replacement pins to remove the slop.. If you make this
repair you need to remove the door and hinges. To ensure exact
alignment I recommend drilling a small hole through the hinge body and
the sheetmetal the hinge is bolted to BEFORE loosening any bolts.



On 3/19/10, HallGrenn at aol.com <HallGrenn at aol.com> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> You live in a wet environment so you may have some corrosion issues.
> Because you can get it to latch by lifting I'd say your return spring isn't
> broken.  I'd wipe any gritty/greasy residue off of the latch on the door
> and
> then spray some light lubricant like WD40 or Liquid Wrench lube with PTFE in
>
> the latch mechanism.  Do it from above too spraying down through the door
> glass slot.  A thin coat of white lithium grease to finish things up will
> probably get it working like new again.  I had one door that didn't
> properly
> latch because the lock knob mechanism had become corroded and wouldn't  let
> the latch work freely.  Spraying from above into the glass slot bought  me
> time until I could take the door panel off and overhaul everything.
>
> Bob Hall
> Group Corvair
> Corvanatics
> CORSA
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