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Subject:Sliding door difficult to close
From:Spooner, Robert E.
Date:Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:23:29 -0400

All,
I have a 91 GL, if that matters.  My sliding door is getting cranky.  It
slides back and forth no problem, but the difficulty is in the latching.
Too hard, and the door bounces back open.  Too soft and the door just
doesn't latch.  Lately the difference between too hard and too soft has
become smaller and smaller.  Now, it is almost impossible to get it to
latch closed from the inside.  From the outside, it is a bit easier,
because you can hold your left hand on the trailing edge of the door,
and help it out.

Anyway, what can I do to get the door to latch better?  What should I be
lubing?  Any adjustments possible?

Thanks.

Bob Spooner
Environmental Engineer
Middletown Generating Station
Middletown, CT

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