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Old 05-24-2019, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by BWhitmore View Post
I think it is more an issue of lubrication. I have a pristine 1985 300D with absolutely no rust and had the same rear door check issue. Fortunately I have several good used door checks so was able to fix the issue easily. Also, I found the proper grease gun (used to lube chain saw chains) to lubricate my door hinges. That helped considerably.
Agree it's lack of lube and lack of use of the rear doors. Not sure what a chain saw grease gun looks like. From studying the strap, looks like Lithium grease spray can with a bent straw can be inserted into strap arm opening in door to squirt grease into the 2nd detents (with door in 1st detent position). Make sure the window is up or risk Lithium grease all over the glass.
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