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Door stay help
I'm putting my car back together after bare metal strip, rustoration and paint...plenty of questions will be coming and here is the first.
I bought new stays (from the host of course) and attached the first one. It seems awfully stiff...so stiff I am afraid to try closing the door. Am I doing something wrong? Should I just go for it and push? I really don't want to screw up the door.
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11-07-2002, 10:37 AM
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Hi Fritz
They are stiff, that is normal. Too stiff to move by hand when loose, but when in the door you have much leverage. "while your in there" you might want to add those reinforcement plates that pelican sells. These are a preventive maintenance item, preventing the slider from tearing out the sheet metal. It is a common problem and happens over time. Glad to hear you're getting the car together. Soon you'll be testing out those oil lines 
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11-07-2002, 10:42 AM
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I installed a new door stay/stop in my SC and it was very stiff. While the door used to close on a hill it now takes a little effort to get it closed. I dont think it's a problem.
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11-07-2002, 10:43 AM
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They are extremely stiff. Even 6 months after mounting they click a bit. The "pin" I took out was a rolled up piece of metal. The replacement pin is supposed to go in upside down (I think) with a little clip, but the driver's side one kept falling out until I forced it in right side up (head up top).
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11-07-2002, 12:26 PM
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The reinforcing plates are mandatory, if you like your car. And the humps on the stop shafts should be ground down so that they do not exert so much pressure against the door. Over time those strong (leveraged) pulling and pushing forces will weaken and damage the door.
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11-07-2002, 12:58 PM
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If you take the stay and use a small die grinder and grind out some of the bump in it. The stay is stronger than the sheet metal that holds it so it needs to done. My door had the damage done already and I had to buy the repair kit and the new stay. If I hadn't ground it down it would have ripped out the repair.
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11-07-2002, 01:00 PM
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Dremel Tool Time
You can get the inner bump with a dremel tool while the stay is still in/on the door. I used tape etc to keep the grit out of the mechanism. I didn't bother to take out the 2nd bump that lets the door swing really wide open- probably need to remove the stay to get the second bump.
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