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, 12:40 PM
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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 |
If any of your pins in the door stop assembly look like this.....you'll never get rid of the popping.
Repeated opening and closing of the door over many years with likely zero lubrication has worn a big channel in one end of the pin. Best to get a better set of 2nd hand assemblies if you can and rebuild those. So a tip: Best to lube these door stop assemblies every couple years at the very least if you want them to last. Pull them completely out, clean them thoroughly, lube and reinstall. This should get you many, many years of service from these much used assemblies. |
mepstein |
Aug 13 2018, 01:14 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,272 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
If any of your pins in the door stop assembly look like this.....you'll never get rid of the popping. Repeated opening and closing of the door over many years with likely zero lubrication has worn a big channel in one end of the pin. Best to get a better set of 2nd hand assemblies if you can and rebuild those. So a tip: Best to lube these door stop assemblies every couple years at the very least if you want them to last. Pull them completely out, clean them thoroughly, lube and reinstall. This should get you many, many years of service from these much used assemblies. Thanks for the heads up. |
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