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05-11-2023, 04:51 PM | #1 |
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33 Cabriolet Door Striker
The striker plate on the drivers side door of my 33 Cabriolet is very loose. I’ve tried to tighten it up but it appears that I probably have either a stripped bolts, stripped cage nuts or both. It wiggles up and down as you can see from the two photos. I have circled the plate in a red line. I have two questions, first what is the size of the two bolts the attach the striker plate to the door frame and second, how much of a job is it to replace the nut that is in the cage that is attached to the body.
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05-11-2023, 05:43 PM | #2 |
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Re: 33 Cabriolet Door Striker
You will have to remove the cowl trim panel to ascertain what is the source of the looseness and the required fix.
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05-11-2023, 06:13 PM | #3 | |
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Re: 33 Cabriolet Door Striker
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05-12-2023, 06:45 AM | #4 |
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Re: 33 Cabriolet Door Striker
There are several slightly different strikers, make sure you have the correct one. I believe there is a metal plate with D-nuts that the screws screw into. The plates come in a couple of different variations. Some of the differences includes the spacing of the two holes for the mounting screws. The screws are 1/4-20 X 3/4"
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05-17-2023, 06:44 AM | #5 |
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Re: 33 Cabriolet Door Striker
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There should be ribs on the body that lock into notches on the striker. They may have been misaligned and flattened out. |
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