[DML] Re: Closing your doors from the outside

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since you invoked my name I guess I willl have to respond. On a car
with the doors set up right it will close easily. I can just push the
door down and let go and it will latch. I either push at the glass
line or the rub strip at the rear of the door by the handle. The
adjustment of the torsion bar isn't as important as the correct
adjustment of the latch (anchor) pins, door seals, and locking
adjustments. The door should not hit or rub on the anchor pins. They
should "glide" right into the latches without rubbing on the guides or
hitting on the end and bumping the door. You also MUST have both
latches in the second locking position AT THE SAME TIME! Of course if
you are not an a flat and level surface it may not close quite so
easily so any tests or adjustments have to be done flat and level. If
the doors have been forced or the locks don't work right you will need
to go inside and perform the entire adjustment sequence. By forcing
the locks you stretch and bend the linkage which will require
readjustment to get it right again. You should not be able to "lock"
the doors if both latches are not in the second position. Forcing the
lock in this case knocks everything out of adjustment. In a really bad
case it could prevent you from being able to open the door. Close the
door slowly. As it closes you will hear the latches click. You can
tell when the front (or rear) clicks first and then the other. They
should click very close to each other and than you should hear them
both click again into the second locking position. If this doesn't
happen on your car than the FIRST thing is to adjust the anchor pins.
Once you have the anchor pins done than you may have to go inside the
door and complete all the other adjsutments. This is hard to explain
in print but easy to show.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Hank" <henry@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I think this is covered in the owner's manual.  You put your hand on
the door and trim just below the toll-both window (or a little further
back), and gently push down.  I used to think it required a good push,
but once I saw Dave T. close his doors with no more than a couple of
fingers and close and latch properly, I realized it doesn't need much
force at all.  If it does, your torsion bar might be wound up too much 




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