40 series front door rattles

Joined: 20 Nov 2003 Location: HOBART

OK, now for the most challenging question of all time:

How do I reduce the rattle of the driver and passenger door latch against the strikiing pin. Unlike other vehicles, there is no extra support to hold the door; just the latch. And with a bit of wear, and a bumby road, rattle, rattle...

Brian

Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Location: Sydney

No doors

Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Location: Brisney Land

i had the same problem.
for a while it was fixed by adjusting the height of the latch on the door. just mildly unscrew it with a philips and adjust it until you find the sweet spot. you may need to fix it every so often...
or, if you don't use the door much, a bit of electrical tape around the latch will fix it perfectly.

Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Location: brisbane

gday
dont know if it'll help but to fix a rattle in a 75 series door the bush mechanic 1st put a block of box steel between the door and the lower sill and closed the door on it fairly hard. then, using the same bit of steel, he put it on the latch and wacked it with a hammer. no more rattle

Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Location: Darwin

Try adjusting it as suggested and lubricate everything as well. If the door gaskets are worn they will rattle more.

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:50 am

You can replace the catch or I just fitted new rubbers It stopped the rattle..........Dazz

Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Malvern (Melbourne) VIC

Sometimes the reason the doors rattle at the latch is because it has movement at the hinges. The hinges have plastic sleeves that wear out. You can knock the pins out of the hinges (with a dift or centre punch) and and replace the plastic sleeves with knew ones. Put the pins back in. No more movement. No more rattle.

While you are at it, the bonnet hinges have the same sleeves and the same problem - you just cant hear it as easily.

A company called Croc Country sells the replacement sleeves - I get em from my local wrecker.

Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Location: sydney

You can also build up the striking pin with weld the file it if required.