Car Door Striker Adjustment

Looks like a cumbersome way to adust a striker.

Car door striker adjustment.

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. Replace the door striker plate and fix any cosmetic damage. 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.

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. How to adjust door on car. Use this mark to judge whether the striker plate needs to be slightly raised or lowered to give the door a close fit. Luckily this is an easy fix and all that you need is a screwdriver small chisel hammer and a pencil or marker.

We unscrewed the strikers thru the latch years ago to get collision damaged doors open when they were jammed. First try tightening the screws in both the handle and the striker plate. If the door still doesn t catch grab a flashlight and study the way the door latch the flexing part operated by the door handle hits the strike plate. 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.

Part 4 of 5. If the latch won t spring into the strike plate photo 1 observe whether it hits the plate at the top or bottom. To adjust the striker plate open the door and mark on the door pillar with a pencil the height at which the lock passes it. Usually thru a hole we cut in the skin with an air chisel.

Beginning to make sure the door will latch properly.