I have no advice to offer -- just a note that it could be worse :-) I had a
78 Westy with the typical rotting out sliding door track at the bottom. I
was making a fast left in rush hour traffic and the slider flew off and
landed in the intersection as I looked behind me to see where the sudden
draft was coming from. Luckily the door didn't hit anyone and no one hit the
door --- which I recovered and re-installed.

Cheers,
Doug

On 2/7/07, Doug Fitz-Randolph <fitzr@suscom-maine.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've had this trouble for some time now. Not cold-weather specific
> necessarily. The back of the slider will pop open every so often when I
> hit a bump. I tried adjusting the striker and thought I had it licked,
> but it came back again after a few weeks.
>
> Last week the door actually slid all the way open! It had popped open
> slightly, as it has many times, on the way home on the interstate. After
> stopping at the end of my exit ramp, I sort of peeled out and -whoosh-
> the door opened completely! This has never happened before, but I was
> also never able to develop any significant acceleration before I got a
> 2.5l Subaru engine 6 months ago.
>
> Is my problem the latch? I've seen these at Bus Depot and they aren't
> too expensive.
>
> Doug Fitz-Randolph
> Freeport, ME
>
> --------------------
> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:14:20 -0500
> From: Joe Beckham <jrbeckh@COX.NET>
> Subject: Sliding door popping open
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> Does anyone else have problems with the sliding door popping open on very
> cold days? Or does anyone know the fix? Thanks in advance!! all the best,
> Joe
>

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