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Old 04-10-2016, 04:33 AM   #1
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Re: 1987 R10 Silverado

I did this little trick with the PEX tubing, so the doors shut a little better. I know the red tubing is a little "The Fast and The Furious", but my only options at Home Depot were red, white, and blue. I thought the white would look dirty pretty quick. It was only $1.97 for 5 feet. If I end up finding some black, I'll probably change it out. All in all, the doors shut a lot better now.
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Old 08-02-2016, 12:05 AM   #2
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I did this little trick with the PEX tubing, so the doors shut a little better... All in all, the doors shut a lot better now.
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Does this stop the doors from rattling when you close them? Or having to close them again and again just right, like with mine? Why? What is this fixing?

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Does this stop the doors from rattling when you close them? Or having to close them again and again just right, like with mine? Why? What is this fixing?

Thanks,

Michelle
What Chris said. Makes the doors shut a lot easier.
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Old 08-05-2016, 02:20 AM   #4
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I did this little trick with the PEX tubing, so the doors shut a little better.
Hi again,

I'm hoping to fix the rattling doors/missing bushings this weekend (except I will buy pre-made bushings to limit my errors!). Does this just require a hex star wrench that I would likely find in the hubby's tool box? Or something else? Is this straightforward for a newbie, or is there room to mess this up and make the doors worse?

I ask because I watched a related video (different vehicle) and the guy highlighted lining up all the pieces. From the rings around the washers, does it look like the assembly could be out of alignment?

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Hi again,

I'm hoping to fix the rattling doors/missing bushings this weekend (except I will buy pre-made bushings to limit my errors!). Does this just require a hex star wrench that I would likely find in the hubby's tool box? Or something else? Is this straightforward for a newbie, or is there room to mess this up and make the doors worse?

I ask because I watched a related video (different vehicle) and the guy highlighted lining up all the pieces. From the rings around the washers, does it look like the assembly could be out of alignment?

Thanks!
It's a large torx, I forget the size. You do have to align it. I didn't remove mine to put the PEX tubing on.
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