I have a happy ending to this story to report! The problem *was* with the strut... After replacing the bracket, and with no weather stripping on the door frame, I could see the strut hitting it's fully closed stop against the bracket, with the door having about 1/2 inch still to close! Clearly, if I had closed the door fully the bracket would have bent all over again! Delorean Houston sent me two new struts after I reported the problem to them, but they were of the same incorrectly wrong size as I had before. So I contacted James Espey with my problem... He immediately sent out two new *shorter* screw-on heads. I put one on each strut, thereby shortening the length of each strut by about 1/4 inch. Now when I close the door fully, I see about 1/8 inch of free play in the strut. Perfect sizing! So, for those of you who say that the Houston struts have no problems... not so fast. There are two sizes of screw-on ends that are being shipped. For me, the combination of two long ends bent one bracket and broke another. But, the combination of one long and one short fit my unique door geometry perfectly. And I must say, that James and the staff of Delorean Houston were most responsive and helpful in assisting me with this problem. ---Jeff--- VIN 3034 Jeff Angwin wrote: > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > *Yahoo! Groups Sponsor* > ADVERTISEMENT > <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.3551198.4824677.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1706996/R=0/SIG=11p5b9ris/*http://www.ediets.com/start.cfm?code= 30509 <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.3551198.4824677.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1706996/R=0/SIG=11p5b9ris/*http://www.ediets.com/start.cfm?code= 30509&media=atkins> &media=atkins> > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595056/R=0/SIG=124p07ne0/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3707890&yhad=1595056> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595056/rand=254711718> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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