Front door adjustment

[Johnny69]

Okay I'm probably being thick here but....

My front drivers door is a bugger to shut. It's catching somewhere when it's closing (some paint off the door near the mechanism and also some off near the striker plate. It also drops a bit when you open it as if its being forced up onto the striker when it's being closed.

I've been told you can adjust the striker up and down but I can't see how that's possible cos its two round holes and two Allen bolts holding that on so.....

Any help appreciated cos it's getting bloody annoying.

Cheers

Johnny

 

[Whistler]

They bolt through to a plate that is in the door. The same as the hinge bolt, they move around quite a lot surprisingly. I don't know if the plate will drop down never to be found again but when I took both bolts out I stuck a screw in one of the holes just in case!

 

[Johnny69]

So the striker on the body doesn't adjust - just the door?

 

[Whistler]

Yeah the striker moves around, undo the bolts a little and you'll see what I mean