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Dooley Dude · 02-24-2010, 05:53 PM

Mine used to be hard to close. I replaced the strikers because the sleeve was worn. Got them from LMC for like 9.95 apiece. Probably could have got 'em cheaper elsewhere, but that absolutely fixed my problem. I did nothing else, and they close perfectly now.

And as I recall, they were a bugger to get out. If you have an entire new striker, as I did, you don't need to worry about tearing up the old one. I think I used a pipe wrench to get mine out, even after applying PBlaster. Nothing can resist the pipe wrench!

02-24-2010, 05:53 PM	#23
Dooley Dude Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 53	Re: door hard to close Mine used to be hard to close. I replaced the strikers because the sleeve was worn. Got them from LMC for like 9.95 apiece. Probably could have got 'em cheaper elsewhere, but that absolutely fixed my problem. I did nothing else, and they close perfectly now. And as I recall, they were a bugger to get out. If you have an entire new striker, as I did, you don't need to worry about tearing up the old one. I think I used a pipe wrench to get mine out, even after applying PBlaster. Nothing can resist the pipe wrench!