My door was rattling and banging like mad, going down the rocky road I live on.
Wind was whistling through, on the road.
And I had to slam it every time, just to get it closed.
I got fed up with that, and decided to try something.
The plastic piece was missing from the post, on the door frame.
I'm betting there are a lot of others like that, here.
Well, I'm not one to toss money at a replacement latch post because of something like this, so I got to looking around.
Found an old piece of cpvc pipe. I mean OLD. It's from when they first started marketing this stuff to replace copper pipe.
What I did was to mark around the outside of the latch post, so that I could get it back into the same position when done.
Unscrewed the post. Removed that post from the rest of the assembly. Cut a piece of this pipe to the right length, and slipped it over the post. Then put it all back together again.
Here it is, finished. It's on the left side of the pic.
With the passenger side, on the right side of the pic. You can see that the plastic is still on the passenger side. It gives you a comparison.
This thing is perfect! Like it was MADE for it.
The door works like a brand new door!
No more slamming the door. A gentle push with a finger, and it swings and latches smoothly and quietly.
No more rattles.
I'll have to get out on the highway to find out if the wind noise problem is fixed or not.
Best part is that I have enough pipe left to do this to both doors another twenty times!
Such an easy fix! And FREE!!!
Wind was whistling through, on the road.
And I had to slam it every time, just to get it closed.
I got fed up with that, and decided to try something.
The plastic piece was missing from the post, on the door frame.
I'm betting there are a lot of others like that, here.
Well, I'm not one to toss money at a replacement latch post because of something like this, so I got to looking around.
Found an old piece of cpvc pipe. I mean OLD. It's from when they first started marketing this stuff to replace copper pipe.
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What I did was to mark around the outside of the latch post, so that I could get it back into the same position when done.
Unscrewed the post. Removed that post from the rest of the assembly. Cut a piece of this pipe to the right length, and slipped it over the post. Then put it all back together again.
Here it is, finished. It's on the left side of the pic.
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With the passenger side, on the right side of the pic. You can see that the plastic is still on the passenger side. It gives you a comparison.
This thing is perfect! Like it was MADE for it.
The door works like a brand new door!
No more slamming the door. A gentle push with a finger, and it swings and latches smoothly and quietly.
No more rattles.
I'll have to get out on the highway to find out if the wind noise problem is fixed or not.
Best part is that I have enough pipe left to do this to both doors another twenty times!
Such an easy fix! And FREE!!!
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