Door won't stay open?

[PresiO.]

Originally Posted by radroach

something like a kickstand or something, I'm sayin..

Or a damper..

Lol I can see it now... *Opens door* *unfolds door kick stand* gets out of car.... *folds kickstand back up* *closes door*


I like my usual open door jump out before the door slams on me... it makes me keep my agility up.

[Mr Nerd]

I'm so glad I found this thread. Gonna start using my shin to stop the door from this day forward!

[Da Brz]

Originally Posted by humfrz

@radroach ........ you're about to beat this puppy to death.......

When on "level ground" the doors will stay open ....... just because you can't find any "level ground" in Tennessee ....... ain't the car's fault ......


humfrz

I swear my parking spot at work is level as you can get. Door shuts. And it doesn't just barely shut, no, it shuts hard enough to shut all the way.

[saj]

Originally Posted by Mr Nerd

I'm so glad I found this thread. Gonna start using my shin to stop the door from this day forward!

You can always recognize 86 drivers by looking at their shins.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Da Brz

I swear my parking spot at work is level as you can get. Door shuts. And it doesn't just barely shut, no, it shuts hard enough to shut all the way.

Well, @radroach is from Tennessee and you are in Arkansas.

Sometimes, it ain't all that easy to figure slope, in the hill country, ...... especially if one leg is shorter than the other......

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/53

Now, if you park your car in one direction and the door closes and you park your car in the other direction ...... and the door closes ....... you may be on to a new "Mystery Spot".


humfrz

[PresiO.]

Im glad everyone enjoyed this thread. This door dilemma has been on my mind for awhile now

[iamjacob]

I have never noticed the doors closing on me. I must have got the super special sticky-door edition, either that or I know how to use a car door?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by PresiO.

Im glad everyone enjoyed this thread. This door dilemma has been on my mind for awhile now

Well, now, PresiO, have you checked out post #3 ...... ??

When you open and close your car door, do you feel it slip into the notches built into the door closer hinge.

If not, it is either lose, broken or worn out.


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by iamjacob

I have never noticed the doors closing on me. I must have got the super special sticky-door edition, either that or I know how to use a car door?

You couldn't understand ....... Stockton is flat ......


humfrz

[iamjacob]

Originally Posted by humfrz

You couldn't understand ....... Stockton is flat ......


humfrz

Fair enough. I only reverse up the driveway so I may have just never noticed what everyone else is experiencing.

[PresiO.]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, now, PresiO, have you checked out post #3 ...... ??

When you open and close your car door, do you feel it slip into the notches built into the door closer hinge.

If not, it is either lose, broken or worn out.


humfrz

I even will hold it there for a few seconds and make sure it gets into the notches and about 5 seconds later.... WHAM.....

I would say its probably just worn out but its been like this since I got the car almost 4 years ago.

but its progressively gotten worse so I'm guessing it was a problem that got even worse as time went by.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by PresiO.

I even will hold it there for a few seconds and make sure it gets into the notches and about 5 seconds later.... WHAM.....

I would say its probably just worn out but its been like this since I got the car almost 4 years ago.

but its progressively gotten worse so I'm guessing it was a problem that got even worse as time went by.

I just checked mine again and it takes quite a bit of effort to push the door out of the notches.

You may wish to purchase a couple new closers.

They shouldn't be that expensive. (ya right....).

They look to be easy to replace ....... after you get the door apart .....

OR, the one beer humfrz redneck fix: ...... twist the closer arm with a pair of channel locks to deform it. ........


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by iamjacob

Fair enough. I only reverse up the driveway so I may have just never noticed what everyone else is experiencing.

Yep, "combat parking" ........ I've done that ...... when I'm someplace I'm not supposed to be .......


humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OR, the one beer humfrz redneck fix: ...... twist the closer arm with a pair of channel locks to deform it. ........

They're plastic.