rear door leak

[clivvy]

guys, ive been trying to resolve the leaking rear door for a while. Ive done all the methods of sealing etc and this has improved things. However, I still have a leak, one that I cant quite trace. I noticed a while back that my rear door seems to sit out a bit more on the lock side, so the door doesn't sit flush with the body - on the hinge side it does. I get the impression that somehow the door isn't quite shutting right, and this is the probably cause of my leak (that and lazy door rubber).

Could I be on the right track, do I need to adjust something to get the door to sit much more flush on the lock side?

:bow

 

[larson]

is they no ajusment on the bit what clamps? get a spare catch and bend it

 

[clivvy]

is they no ajusment on the bit what clamps? get a spare catch and bend it

I think so. I already adjusted the clamp a bit, but haven't really messed with it.

 

[Sweety]

The door latch on the O/S of the boot will prob need adjusting in further. Run a bit of tape top & bottom of the latch so you know what height to set in to the undo the 2 large screws on the latch & move it towards the inside of the boot by about 5mm, tighten up the screws & check how the rear door closes & see if it's more flush with the body

 

[clivvy]

The door latch on the O/S of the boot will prob need adjusting in further. Run a bit of tape top & bottom of the latch so you know what height to set in to the undo the 2 large screws on the latch & move it towards the inside of the boot by about 5mm, tighten up the screws & check how the rear door closes & see if it's more flush with the body

cheers buddy, ill give that a try!

 

[clivvy]

just been out for a look. I put a piece of tissue paper over the plastic kick plate near the lock side, and a piece near the hinge side to try a gauge where the water was getting in. ON the lock side, the tissue was soaked, hinge side dry. I can see water pooling in about three places if I look from the outside up to the rubber, so I assume the rain is getting in there in bits, perhaps helped by the wind. I am hoping now that some adjustments as Sweety suggests will tighten up the seal on that side - fingers crossed!

 

[millie2]

Mine leaked badly with door fitting right so put new rubber seal on door this worked. Hope adjustment works for yours clive.

 

[clivvy]

ok, here are some photos. Where you can see the "square" wet patch is where the kitchen roll was, and where I think the door doesn't come inward enough - you can compare this to the photo of the other side and you can clearly see that side is much further in.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...6&authkey=!AHERKp_W8zjykf4&ithint=folder,.jpg

 

[dave123]

that looks like the same place as mine leaked . I tried everything from sealing the kick plate too running sealant along the top seal on the body and nothing work and then I adjusted the door catch and reseated the door seal on the top because the door seal wasn't in the groove on the top of the door and I hasn't leaked since