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Post by Simon H on Jan 2, 2014 22:41:17 GMT
At least I think it's called a check strap... Anyway, mine 'twangs' and then fails to hold the door in the half open position leaving it to swing free on the hinges which is annoying when opening the door in confined spaces. I like to be prepared when tackling any repairs so any advice as to what I might expect to find when I remove the door card or what parts I may need to source would be welcome.
Thanks in advance
Simon H
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Post by enigmas on Jan 3, 2014 1:24:12 GMT
There are 2 hook like devices at the other end of the 'check strap'. These lock over a slot within the door and hold it in place. Perhaps one or both are broken or the slot is. You can only check this by removal of the door card and the device. It's quite straight forward.
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Post by Simon H on Jan 3, 2014 16:26:49 GMT
Thanks for the info. I will investigate over the weekend and report back.
Simon H
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Post by Simon H on Jan 4, 2014 17:53:01 GMT
I got the check strap unit off this afternoon. Firstly, I can't figure out how on earth it is supposed to work. Others I have seen have a couple of cut outs on the edge of a piece of flat bar and a spring loaded roller that drops into the cut outs to hold the door open. Anyway, it looks intact with no obvious broken bits and it is well greased. There is one issue though, which I will attempt to put right tomorrow. The base plate of the unit is bent (or more accurately 'kinked' ) each side of the captive nuts. I suspect that it may have been installed at some time with the bolts loose and the opening / closing action has caused the bending. I will attempt to bash it straight, refit and see what happens. I will also add a couple of pictures if I can coax the digital camera into life in the coldness of the garage.
Simon H
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Post by barryr on Jan 4, 2014 22:43:59 GMT
Mine was so strong I had to clamp the main part in the vice and persuade the mechanism down it with a hammer. Then I could properly lubricate it.
Can you push the bar through easily then?
It pretty much works as you expect but as with most things Rover it's pretty over engineered!
Hope you get sorted after straightening any kinks.
Barry
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Post by Simon H on Jan 4, 2014 23:38:43 GMT
Thanks Barry. The 'persuading' will begin tomorrow. The mechanism is well greased and seemed to move easily when I observed it's action before removing it but I couldn't figure out how it is supposed to work. The problem I had is when opening the door to around the half way point the check strap snapped back out of the door with considerable force and tried to push the clevis pin through the door post instead of latching into the half open position. I hope that makes sense... I get a feeling that I am following in somebody else's footsteps as the door in question has clearly had some work done in the recent past and may well have been removed and stripped down as it looks like a repair panel has been fitted to the lower section. And there were no washers under the bolts, very un-Rover like...
Simon H
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Post by Simon H on Jan 5, 2014 13:07:56 GMT
Well, I took it apart, straightened out the base plate and de-burred a couple of rough edges. Greased the spindles and rollers and put it all back together and only a marginal improvement. The main culprit for the 'twanging' seems to be a combination of worn clevis pin and elongated holes on the door pillar. Not sure how I'm going to tackle this yet but going 'up a size' for the pin looks like the way to go...   Cheers Simon H Simon, you need to add the full location of the pics i.e. www.photobucket etc etc. 
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