| Door adjustment [message #127371] |
Tue, 24 May 2011 21:23  |
Rickmo
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My door does not close tight even with a new seal. Is there a way to adjust the catch?
Rick Seebeck
Gladwin Michigan
1973 Canyon Lands
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| Re: [GMCnet] Door adjustment [message #127374 is a reply to message #127373] |
Tue, 24 May 2011 21:51  |
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USAussie
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Jim,
Have you seen Dan Winchester's way of re-curving the door?
http://gmc.dwinchester.com/
Scroll down to "Recurving GMC door
Regards,
Rob M.
USAussie - Downunder
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of James Hupy
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Door adjustment
Does the curvature of the door match the curvature of the coach? If not, it
is difficult to get the door to fit. The factory manual describes a
proceedure for recurving the door that involves 2 x 4s and a come along and
brute force. I have not personally attempted this but several others have
with some success. The hinges can be adjusted several ways, the nut plates
that the bolts screw into allows for some movement. If that is not enough,
the hinges can be bent as well. I believe that the strike pin is also
adjustable.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC Royale 403
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Rick <mrseebeck@gcsnet.org> wrote:
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> My door does not close tight even with a new seal. Is there a way to
> adjust the catch?
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> Rick Seebeck
> Gladwin Michigan
> 1973 Canyon Lands
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Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Door adjustment [message #127376 is a reply to message #127371] |
Tue, 24 May 2011 22:09 |
Ken Henderson
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By using Dan Winchester's recurve procedure, and replacing the striker
(designed by Bill Bramlett, now manufactured by Bert & Faye Curtis, &
sold by JimK, etc), you can make the door close like a new Cadillac's.
Ken H.
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Rick <mrseebeck@gcsnet.org> wrote:
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> My door does not close tight even with a new seal. Is there a way to adjust the catch?
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| Re: [GMCnet] Door adjustment [message #127409 is a reply to message #127376] |
Wed, 25 May 2011 09:05 |
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| Ken Henderson wrote on Tue, 24 May 2011 22:09 |
By using Dan Winchester's recurve procedure, and replacing the striker
(designed by Bill Bramlett, now manufactured by Bert & Faye Curtis, &
sold by JimK, etc), you can make the door close like a new Cadillac's.
Ken H.
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I have Bill Bamlett's pin, number one made by bert Curtis. I could not slam my door har enough before. Now, just a touch and it closes and locks like the Cadillac Ken speaks of. I did not recurve the door or pull the bulge out of the body.
Jim K. sells the pin for the Curtis.
Dan
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| Re: [GMCnet] Door adjustment [message #356853 is a reply to message #127373] |
Thu, 16 July 2020 16:16 |
sgltrac
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Sorry. Meant to say circle the strike pin.
Sully
Bellevue wa
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 2:15 PM Todd Sullivan wrote:
> Cannot see your image. I’m an email user.
> The latch is not adjustable for door alignment purposes. The adjustment is
> accomplished by moving the strike that the latch grabs. Loosen it a bit and
> tap it with a hammer and large screw driver. You may want to circle the
> latch with a marker so you can return to where you were before you started
> if need be. Sometimes due to the way the double action latch works you will
> actually have to move the pin outward in order to get the latch to its
> second position which will pull the door inward compared to the body.
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> Sully
> Bellevue wa
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> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 1:15 PM Greg Crawford via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
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>> My new coach door won't close all the way without slamming it much harder
>> than I would like.
>>
>> Chuck Boyd looked at it and suggested some lubrication, and failing that,
>> adjustment.
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>> How do I go about adjusting this?
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>> It appears that the strike has four #3 (actually 3, one is missing)
>> Phillips head screws and possibly sliding captured nuts that will move.
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>> Does the actual latch on the door have any adjustments?
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>> As you can see below, the door lacks almost 3/8" being flush with the
>> body.
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>> [url=
>> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/7311/Door_needs_adjusting.jpg][url
>> ]
>> --
>> Greg Crawford
>> Knoxville, TN
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>> 1977 Royale, rear bath
>> Quad bags, brand unknown
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