Dunlop
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- Apr 13, 2019
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- Beechworth
- Members Ride
- 1993 VR Commodore Acclaim
Just to follow this up, I bought a Torx kit and loosened off the screws holding the striker bar/loop. Was surprised to find it is quite adjustable - I think I became a bit confused with the difference between the striker bar and the locking mechanism. I marked the position of the striker bar with tape following two videos and fiddled with it a bit...Thanks for this - see what you mean... I've got some aluminum tape that I could put behind the pin - that might work.
In the meantime it was suggested it could be the door strap spring (?) at the front - the sound seems to be coming from the rear but it's not easy to pick. I put some of the alu tape on the striker loop to try to tighten the striker mechanism before but it hasn't made any real difference. - tried it a while ago and it didn't do much then. I just found a good video on the strap spring so maybe I need to take the door cover off again. Odd this - my car is now 30 years old and was originally owned by a couple in a country area but it has almost no rattles or squeaks even on rough roads...
Thanks a lot for the photo - it helps.
Moved it up a couple of mm but the door wouldn't close properly, so using the dust marks indicating the original position I moved it back. Must have angled it just a mm or so and I found the clunk had disappeared... The problem then though was that the door became a bit sticky to close and I found it hadn't locked several times when I drove the car off. But I just adjusted it again (looks like it hasn't moved) and the door closes more smoothly but the clunk has still gone - for the moment at least...