now I have to slam the door hard to close it. Is there a way to adjust the door to accomodate the new seal?
I think a lot of us come across the situation "now I have to slam the door hard to close it. Is there a way to adjust the door?" can you sort it yourself?
this is what happened to me a few days ago and I wasnt fitting a new door seal , it just happened
here is my solution and a lot of this you could say - yes its blindingly obvious - but here goes
first of all you need time, allow a couple of hours, I did it in an hour but with the missus screaming in your ear that she needs to go out , leave the job to another day, WHEN you've got a free couple of hours a felt tip pen is needed to mark the top and sides of the door striker plate - here's a great video I watched first
love that, another thing is to look at the opposite side door to see how that all works
right MARK where the door striker plate is NOW
next - the 3 cross head screws holding that striker plate have seen plenty of previous action, you MUST use the best and exact phillips that is going to turn them, or else you will DAMAGE the screws and make your situation 10 x worse
arm yourself with the very best philips screwdriver, the biggest with the right tip, WD40 is what I used on them too, as the screws were so flippin tight it didnt look like they'd EVER move, in fact I adjusted the matching housing in the door first, hoping that would do it - the adjustment there goes up, down , right, left just as the striker plate does, a lot of time could be needed to get this job done
after finally realising that I hadnt been using the exact right Phillips, as soon as I did use the exact one, the top 2 screws loosed, the bottom one was so firm I thought it would never budge and although I tried moving the striker plate with 2 loosened, no effect
in the end I got a mole wrench and hammered the phillips in to the lowest screw, with the mole wrench turned the screwdriver, it loosened the screw!! NOW THE FUN BEGAN, GAME ON!
after a lot of triel and error fafffing about somehow I veered from the advice in that video and the whole striker plate was now floppy and floating all over the show, thank god I had marked with a felt pen where it had been in the first place
over the next 45 minutes I must have driven the neighbours mad with me swearing and the door slamming, I'm just glad the weather was dry and warm
finally 1 hour after I had started I managed to lower the striker plate slightly down from where it had been and this resulted in my pushing the door, it closed without slamming, THERE IS A GOD!! tighten up all the flippin screws as tight as they will go and get a tea on , no sorry the missus is on the warpath and needs to go out right this minute, you did it JUST in time mate, haha well well
I think my biggest tip from this whole episode is get a screwdriver with multiple tips, I got one with a dozen assorted tips, somehow I picked the biggest looking phillips there was but then realised , there was a BIGGER one, that was the one that did the job , you need a whopping big phillips for this and a pair of mole wrenches must help , there's nothing to beat that feeling when it goes right in the end
Haynes manual page 236 worth a look , diagrams quite good, anybody else been through this lately?