Jonas,
My driver door latch had the same problem. A fellow club member repaired it
during one of our spring tune-up sessions. The repair was done in Spring
2006.
Remove the latch, weld additional metal onto the tip, grind tip to required
shape, reinstall latch.
Photos of Tim welding and grinding latch (not much to see but they look
cool):
http://tricarb.com/gallery/2006tuneup/IMG_0689
http://tricarb.com/gallery/2006tuneup/IMG_0691
Al Malin
Tricarb
On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Jonas Payne wrote:
> I have a passenger side door latch that is failing and cause for some
> concern, as I don't want to lose my passenger when cornering.
>
> While underway, and when entering the car, sometimes the latch will not
> hold it's "latched" position on the post in either of its 2 positions .
>
> In addition, in fiddling with it, with the door open, sometimes it
> fails to positively engage either of it's 2 latch positions. IE - it
> just swings around doing nothing.
>
> What is the recommended process for repairing one of these, since they
> apparently are not re-produced.
>
>
> Jonas Payne
> PBR
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