At 09:39 4/19/99 -0400, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
>The mechanism has two "steps".  Anyone have any idea why it has two steps
>instead of just one?  My only guess is that incase the final step gets worn
>out the first one might hold the door shut or maybe if you shut the door
>without any force the first one would catch (though the door would be a
>little loose).

Ken, every car door- hood- hatch- latch I've ever seen has a two-step
engagement.  I'm quite sure it's a fallback in case the main latch-step
partially engages and then disengages in use.

david
David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net