Driver's Door Doesnt Close All The Way.
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If its not closing due to the outside, just loosen up the post with a star bit screw driver and move it in a bit. Careful tho, screwing round with how the door closes is not that much fun, specially if you mess with the hinges, but you shouldnt have too.
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93, before adjusting the striker inspect it and the latch mating area. Many of the latch assemblies of the older and high milage vehicles wear and cause a slight amount of play between the latch and striker. Also, some of the strikers used to have a nylon cylynder insert around them. In time this cracks away and falls off leaving some slight excess play. You could allways adjust the striker in but if you have a worn latch or a worn striker/striker missing the nylon cylynder, you will have fixed the clearance issue but will still have the play more than likely resulting in a rattle going over bumps. Fyi, if there was no body damage and the door came out of adjustment chances are the culprit is wear of the mating parts over time more than bending of the door/cab that would need to be repaired by a striker adjustment.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
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