Thanks for those images and information Alistair.

My '81 driver door also doesn't stay open very well anymore. I wonder
if the passenger side and driver side strap assembly could be swapped?
(assuming the former has less wear)

As for making those "resistance" parts "tighter", add a strip of
rubber to the backside of each or a long rubber strip inside the metal
bracket?

Random thoughts.

Neil.

On 9/17/17, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I replaced with spare I had, pics etc here
>
> https://shufti.blog/2012/02/01/vanagon-front-door-check-strap/

>> On Sep 17, 2017, at 8:06 AM, Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU> wrote:

>> One of my four front doors won't stay open
>> when parked on a slant--my '81 driver door,
>> which has 30 years of daily driving, so
>> being worn out is understandable.

--
Neil n

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