door striker bolt

[isaacucv]

My door was sagging and not latching all the way. I replaced the hinge pins and bushings, and that helped but didn't solve it completely. I got a new striker bolt with the plastic bushing, and now it works great, and the body line even matches now. I almost lost the nut on the inside, i was able to use a magnet to hold it long enough to remove the striker bolt. I then held it in place with a screwdriver and tack welded it in place just enough to hold it there. When I screwed the new one in it broke the weld which allowed me to align the striker bolt. I just got another one for the passenger side.

 

[IdahoPlowboy]

My nylon bushings were gone and when I replaced them it solved my alignment issues also.

 

[isaacucv]

Yea it was a pretty easy fix. Did you ever try to adjust the hinges? What a pain in the a$$

 

[IdahoPlowboy]

With new bushings on the hinges and striker it solved all the problems with no adjustment.

 

[MakersTeleMark]

There was a good thread about this recently. Thanks for reminding me to do this little fix.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/62383-m1009-door-adjustment.html

 

[isaacucv]

I had to replace the door. I made the mistake of trying to adjust the door side of the hinge instead of the body side. Lesson learned