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gonebaby Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2009 Posts: 110 Location: freeland pa.
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:06 pm Post subject: Door Latched Don't Work? |
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Anyone ever have problems with the latch catching? all 4 doors don't shut? anyone? |
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MRJEL Samba Member
Joined: June 04, 2012 Posts: 478 Location: Jawja, USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Time to clean and lube the latches.
Brake cleaner then WD40, LPS or lithium spray will all work. |
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Semper_Dad Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 3510 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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The rotating latch part on the door has 2 positions. A half latch, and a full latch. Sometimes when messing with the latch they get into a half latch situation. Door won't shut and latch.
Try and roll the latch to the full latch position. Then pull the outside trigger and watch them roll to the unlatch position. Sometimes they need a little help. If they do need help it's time to clean and lubricate. _________________ Walküre Restoration Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=737492 |
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Ferretkona Samba Member
Joined: December 03, 2005 Posts: 1306 Location: Columbia, CA
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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I had to remove mine once a year and clean and lube.
When I first bought mine I did not know how to unlock and lock the handles. Doh! _________________ 74 181 Thing
2008 Ford Sport Trac V8 4x4
2008 Ford Escape V6 |
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Rev. Scott Samba Member
Joined: June 04, 2006 Posts: 770 Location: Philo, Ca.
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Slamming door syndrome, thanks kids! Battling this on the two rear doors myself. cleaned, lubed, adjusted, etc. grrrrrrrr! _________________ "I haven't seen one of those since I was shootin' at 'em!" |
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Ferretkona Samba Member
Joined: December 03, 2005 Posts: 1306 Location: Columbia, CA
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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I had a extra right and left latch so they were always available clean for a swap. _________________ 74 181 Thing
2008 Ford Sport Trac V8 4x4
2008 Ford Escape V6 |
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gonebaby Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2009 Posts: 110 Location: freeland pa.
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:43 am Post subject: |
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after work im going to clean and lube them up I think like Semper Dad said they arent latching all the way. thanks guys... |
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Mine work fine in the warmer weather and don't want to latch in the colder weather. I just chalk it up to the metal body expanding/contracting. |
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Semper_Dad Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 3510 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Joe 20 wrote: |
Mine work fine in the warmer weather and don't want to latch in the colder weather. I just chalk it up to the metal body expanding/contracting. |
Or the grease , dirt and gunk being less viscous in cold weather. I used to have the same problem until I removed them and dropped them into an ultrasonic sink. Blew them dry, lubricated, and reinstalled them. No problems since. Just for the record though, It had looked like the PO had done a respray to the doors and left the latches in while doing it. _________________ Walküre Restoration Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=737492 |
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gonebaby Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2009 Posts: 110 Location: freeland pa.
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Semper what is a ultrasonic sink?
Semper_Dad wrote: |
Joe 20 wrote: |
Mine work fine in the warmer weather and don't want to latch in the colder weather. I just chalk it up to the metal body expanding/contracting. |
Or the grease , dirt and gunk being less viscous in cold weather. I used to have the same problem until I removed them and dropped them into an ultrasonic sink. Blew them dry, lubricated, and reinstalled them. No problems since. Just for the record though, It had looked like the PO had done a respray to the doors and left the latches in while doing it. |
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Semper_Dad Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 3510 Location: Indiana
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gonebaby Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2009 Posts: 110 Location: freeland pa.
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:39 am Post subject: |
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Awesome going to hf this weekend to pick up a sandblaster cabinet so Ill buy one of those too. Do they sell the powder? And i throw the whole door handle in it at a time? Rob
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Semper, mine are clean. |
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euromog Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2008 Posts: 267
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:53 am Post subject: |
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I dipped mine in a bucket of carb cleaner over night. The old grease almost turns into a soft plastic it seems like. The carb cleaner gets into places you can't scrub. Then lube with something other than a WD40 like product that will actually stay and not evaporate. I use Wurth HHS2000. |
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1302 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:28 am Post subject: |
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Semper_Dad wrote: |
The rotating latch part on the door has 2 positions. A half latch, and a full latch. Sometimes when messing with the latch they get into a half latch situation. Door won't shut and latch.
Try and roll the latch to the full latch position. Then pull the outside trigger and watch them roll to the unlatch position. Sometimes they need a little help. If they do need help it's time to clean and lubricate. |
The rear door on my Thing will not open and the rotating latch is in the closed position as it should however it will not release when the inside or outside door handle is used. Is there a trick to getting the latch to release to the half position. No amount of prying will get it to release and I want to avoid removing the hinges so l won't have chipped paint on the hinges and hinge screws. |
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74 Thing Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2004 Posts: 7391
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:58 am Post subject: Re: Door Latched Don't Work? |
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Dumb question but is the door locked.
From memory I think it is opposite of a "normal" car-black knob up is locked and black knob pushed down is unlocked. |
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1302 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:10 am Post subject: Re: Door Latched Don't Work? |
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74 Thing wrote: |
Dumb question but is the door locked.
From memory I think it is opposite of a "normal" car-black knob up is locked and black knob pushed down is unlocked. |
I'm a new 73 thing owner and I didn't know the rear doors could be locked! Now where is the black knob? Someone have a pix?
Thanks |
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CraigInPA Samba Member
Joined: March 09, 2011 Posts: 212 Location: Norristown, PA
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Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:21 am Post subject: Re: Door Latched Don't Work? |
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The black knob is the handle one uses to open the door from the inside of the car. |
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kubelmann Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2003 Posts: 3266
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Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:47 am Post subject: Re: Door Latched Don't Work? |
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