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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| Re: door pins
H1LM002G55 - 11/25/2014 11:24 AM
Who else has performed this retrofit on earlier model Gs?
I did with no discernible improvement. |
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colsG55
Veteran
Date registered: Aug 2013
Location: Dubai
Vehicle(s): G55 Classic 2000, TD5 110, 200 Series Land Cruiser
Posts: 209
| Re: door pins
I ordered a set of 5 pins before Christmas & they finally arrived out here in Dubai last week.
I fitted them yesterday & I must say it is worth the effort, on 2 of the main doors they were noticeably easier to close but on the other 2 it was much of a muchness.
The biggest difference & main reason for replacing them is my rear door. I have been plagued with a back door rattle since I have owned the vehicle which is around 18 months, I have tried all adjustment, greases including the MB paste and packing the guides and lock with small pieces of high density foam which has come close to curing the problem but not totally. After fitting the new pin my door rattle has finally gone, the rattle was the latch on the pin & with this new coated pin I finally have a quite back door. I have also removed a bit of high density foam which I had fitted which now allows the door to close a little easier. I will keep experimenting over the next few days with removing more foam as I have had quite a bit packed into the lock & guides to increase the preload on the door latch to remove the rattle but the down side is you have to close the door quite firmly to get it to latch properly.
Now having the rear door rattle/clunking finally removed which has bugged me ever since buying has transformed the vehicle as it was the only noise in the vehicle & it really wound me up from time to time on rougher roads. Where as my Land Rover Defender has so many rattles & clunks you don't worry about them but a one off noise in a well sound proofed gets to you.
If anyone is changing them it is worth noting that on my drivers door & rear door the old pins had a slight bur on them which meant I had to remove the striker plate which has 2 screw above the striker pin so I could knock the old pins out with a hammer & drift. Where these screws & pin locate is a floating plate so if you need to do this mark up the location of the strike plate so you can refit it all back in the same location without effecting the door adjustment. I was also worried the floating plate may fall into the door pillar so refitted one of the removed screws into the floating plate prior to removing the last screw in the strike plate to ensure the floating plate in the pillar did not drop down. |
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AlanMcR
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, CA, Los Altos
Vehicle(s): G300DT E300DT 230SL
Posts: 3500
| Re: door pins
If you loosened all the screws of the latch plate, then it could be in a new position. Are you sure that it wasn't the process of installing the pins that fixed up the problem?
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colsG55
Veteran
Date registered: Aug 2013
Location: Dubai
Vehicle(s): G55 Classic 2000, TD5 110, 200 Series Land Cruiser
Posts: 209
| Re: door pins
Yes mate, that is possible, but I have previously adjusted the latch plate several times, maybe this time I just got lucky. |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| Rear Door Adjustment
Here are the WIS instructions.
When I adjusted the striker and latch on the rear end door according to the WIS, all rattles and clunks went away.
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 Adjust rear door.pdf (42KB - 24 downloads)
Adjust rear-end door in relation to body and rear-end door gap.pdf (25KB - 19 downloads)
Adjust rear-end door ball pivot.pdf (11KB - 18 downloads)
Adjust striker and latch section of rear door.pdf (16KB - 25 downloads)
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atg
Veteran
Date registered: Nov 2014
Location: Los Angeles
Vehicle(s): 2005 G55, 1985 300tdt
Posts: 129
| Re: door pins
Yes moving the wedge outward should eliminate any play between the latch plate and the pin. |
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Otiswesty
Administrator
Date registered: Jun 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon
Vehicle(s): 463.241, 461.213
Posts: 3004
| Re: door pins
I had a bad rattle from the rear door that had been going on for a few months and slowly getting worse. Turned out the spare tire mount was slightly loose. Tightened that baby down and all better. It stumped me for a while as I couldn't figure out if it was the jump seat or the battery that was loose and rattling. |
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