Car Door Striker Adjustment

With long term use the door striker plate tends to get pushed back and forth and pushed into the door s or cab s surface.

Car door striker adjustment.

Jason scudellari of the enthusiast network walks us through the installation of a door striker on the super chevy magazine week to wicked 1967 chevelle. Part 4 of 5. First try tightening the screws in both the handle and the striker plate. Wind noise fix if your car door does not close all the way or you hear wind noise you might just need to adjust your door.

The best advise in the link was to adjust the door without a striker then make the striker fit the door. How to adjust door on car. The lock striker should enter the slot on the plate centrally without rubbing the sides. If the door striker plate is adjustable you will need to perform adjustments on the plate to ensure a tight seal between the door and the cab.

Luckily this is an easy fix and all that you need is a screwdriver small chisel hammer and a pencil or marker. The problem of a door not latching is commonly caused by a misaligned strike plate so the first thing you have to do is to check the strike plate first for alignment. This video shows how to adjust a car door so it closes flush with the rear door. If the latch won t spring into the strike plate photo 1 observe whether it hits the plate at the top or bottom.

Looks like a cumbersome way to adust a striker. We unscrewed the strikers thru the latch years ago to get collision damaged doors open when they were jammed. Use this mark to judge whether the striker plate needs to be slightly raised or lowered to give the door a close fit. Replace the door striker plate and fix any cosmetic damage.

Beginning to make sure the door will latch properly.