Rear Gate Racket!
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Rear Gate Racket!
Hello Everyone!
Anybody else have a loud rear gate mechanism? Not the assembly along the bottom of the gate itself but the noise comes from the "hinge pin" with c-clipthat the assembly 'arm' attaches to the rear bumper with. The noise that emits from that pin everytime the dorr is opened or closed sounds like the door is going to fall off! I have tried to lube the pin but the loud cracking/popping noise when the gate is used remains. Could the pin be worn or the hole that the pin rests in be stripped??
Thanks,
Aaron
Anybody else have a loud rear gate mechanism? Not the assembly along the bottom of the gate itself but the noise comes from the "hinge pin" with c-clipthat the assembly 'arm' attaches to the rear bumper with. The noise that emits from that pin everytime the dorr is opened or closed sounds like the door is going to fall off! I have tried to lube the pin but the loud cracking/popping noise when the gate is used remains. Could the pin be worn or the hole that the pin rests in be stripped??
Thanks,
Aaron
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RE: Rear Gate Racket!
Shoed up at the dealer when I first got my Disco, and complained about that exact thing. Service manager who is also a member of the local club, said 'NORMAL' So I said 'no way', he said follow me outside and took me to his Disco. Same thing. He said they all do that!! I said all of them??? He said wait here.....Came back with 4 sets of keys from 1 2003 and 3 2004 that were on the lot for sale. They all did it!!!!
You open the the door and ...tock,tock ,tock So, I say NORMAL!!!
You open the the door and ...tock,tock ,tock So, I say NORMAL!!!
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RE: Rear Gate Racket!
Gimme a little credit, I had tried all of this before going to the dealer. You will notice that under the door, are catches at different places to allow the door to remain and holdopen at different opening width. When the rod/bar slides pass these catches, it emitsa tocking sound.