I'm not sure that the problem was the strut, as the doors had a history
of having struts that had no upper-end dampening.
Couple that with the fact that the are on door launchers... The doors
bounced horribly for 6 months or so, to the point that the doors were
knocked out of alignment.
That *may* have weakened the brackets. About three months ago, Delorean
Motor Center (who installed the launchers) re-aligned the doors, and put
new struts with proper dampening in... The new struts were from Houston,
and they were the ones that have the screw-on heads. Some say they are
too long, however James has stated that for most cars they are OK. It
*could be* that for my car they were not!
---Jeff Angwin---
VIN 3034
Marc Levy wrote:
>--- jangwin <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi all!
>>
>>
>Who's door strut did you have on the car when it bent?
>
>
>
>
>
>>One of my lower door strut brackets suddenly bent.
>>The top of the
>>upper mounting bolt sheared cleanly off, and the
>>bracket bent so that
>>the post that holds the door strut was bent
>>downward at a 45% angle.
>>Fortunately the fiberglass was not damaged (however
>>the filler panel
>>that covers the front side of the bracket split in
>>two)
>>
>>So now I have a new Grady extra-strong bracket to
>>replace the OEM one.
>>
>>How do I gain access to the rear half of the
>>bracket? this is the part
>>that the bolts screw into. It appears to be buried
>>inside the
>>fiberglass pontoon. Do I have to remove the rear
>>headliner to get to
>>it? If so, how is that done?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Jeff Angwin
>>VIN 3034
>>
>>
>
>
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