Thursday, March 31, 2011

Volvo 850 door!

One of the advisories on the ContrĂ´le Technique was that the drivers door did not stay open, infact on opening & closing it made two loud 'crack' noises! I thought I'd look into this before the wind blew the door shut on Elaine's legs one day!
This is what I found, having removed the door jam:

850 Door Stay

The backing plate had completely sheared. The next day I went off to the scrappy & found a donor car:

Door Stay Donor

Not a lot left on this car, but it did have the needed door stay. These 'brackets' quite often break over time, usually the drvers side being the one to give, as that gets most use. The donor car was a left hand drive model, so hopefully with the one I needed being from its passenger side, it should not be too worn.
Here is the part removed:

850 door stay 2

Fitted:

850 Door Stay 5
850 Door Stay 4

And with all the trim back in place:

850 Door Stay 6

Normality has been restored. The door is now 'sprung-loaded' & holds in three places as it should.

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