Door Stop Rebuild, After R&R both doors produce loud clicks upon opening |
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Door Stop Rebuild, After R&R both doors produce loud clicks upon opening |
North Coast Jim |
Apr 19 2018, 05:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 323 Joined: 11-December 15 From: Northern Ohio Member No.: 19,450 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Rebuilt both the door stops with 914 Rubber kits last year. Kits were from a purchase made in early 2017 IIRC, could be earlier. Doors open and close fine BUT both closures produce loud clicks upon closure of the door. Opening of the doors adds a loud pop to the clicks. Both are lubricated but no relief is found.
What I have noticed is the aluminum machined arms received have no vertical grooves where the wheels are to roll. The profile is smooth except for the closure stop points. I've looked at other door closures and this is the only difference I see - they have these vertical grooves. Anybody else has experience with these closures and can provide some input. Left an e-mail with Mikey but he must be flying or driving to Hershey. |
raynekat |
Aug 13 2018, 12:12 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,158 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
What I've found in my case is that the very loud popping is coming from the 914Rubber aluminum arm.
The holes that are drilled for the door pin are just too large. You can see it easily as you open and close the door. The aluminum arm is moving in and out quite a bit. This was happening on both doors for me....both were popping loudly. So unfortunately in my case the holes in the arm are the issue. Like I said on my car the pin fits quite tightly into the bracket on the body so that's not the issue. My fix (at least what I will attempt to do) is to install a very small bushing into the 914Rubber aluminum arm that will take all the slack out. If I get this ironed out correctly, I'll post my procedure and results later this week. I've had to order a 6mm drill bit to accomplish this. Another source of the door popping can be that the shafts that hold the rollers can be worn excessively. One of mine was such the case. I needed to source a better 2nd hand assembly that had good shafts. It's a pity 914Rubber doesn't supply these as well with their rebuild kit. |
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