mattdillon
Enthusiast
00' rt/10 if that matters, I just opened it & heard a loud pop. Now the door won't stay open (passenger door when opened will stay open until I close it). Any suggestions, Thanks.
Be careful. If the piece of broken spring gets caught in the door it has been known to chip a piece of the door off.
Thanks for the info guys (Great pic Ron, now I know what to look for) 00' Model & it's probably Never been lubricated. I will lube the passenger door, any certain kind or will the regular type stuff do.
I was told to use white lithium grease.
white lithium grease
real original chad
Okay, I've kept up with this thread and I also probably need to do this as maintenance issue. I found two versions of the white lithium grease...tube and spray can. I see that Ron uses the tube type...are there any cons to using the spray type, other than overspray (which I can keep minimized).
I have the lubricated spring intact on my driver's door and the door still self-closes . . . what's up with that?
Damn, Radical that could have very well happened to me cause I didn't know what the hell that noise was & just kept opening & looking. Sorry about that, did you just do the touch up or get the whole door repainted. I definitely need to go find that loose piece before it does something similar. Thanks Again!Don't feel like the lone ranger. I had the same exact problem along with a lot of other members. The grease will help but I believe that the problem is more likely cause by poor tempering of the spring metal or even the spring material quality.
You want to get the broken spring piece out of the ASAP so that you don't damage the door skin.
http://forums.viperclub.org/threads/645697-Not-a-happy-Camper....?highlight=happy+camper
Damn, Radical that could have very well happened to me cause I didn't know what the hell that noise was & just kept opening & looking. Sorry about that, did you just do the touch up or get the whole door repainted. I definitely need to go find that loose piece before it does something similar. Thanks Again!
OK Tony, Thanks to your pics I actually took that piece off & without it I probably wouldn't have attempted it because I didn't have a clue what to look for. But sure enough it looks almost identical to the one in Radicals pic. After I took that piece off it was laying right there!You probably figured it out by now but here's the panel:
Thanks Radical, Did all that Last Night! You know of all the tips in the different sections I don't recall ever seeing one about this particular problem, maybe it needs to be added. If I had known I definitely would have lubed it, but like you said earlier it seems like this piece just gets brittle & all the lube in the world might not help it. jmoI am glad that you found it! Now, you might want to check the condition and lube the spring on the other side.
Thassit. Common Prob...part not serviced without entire hinge assy.
[[I once looked into making that part in a kit...about $9 material cost, instructions. Would sell for $20-$30....but it was a $3000 R+D + minimum buy. Sorry]]]
Thanks Radical, Did all that Last Night! You know of all the tips in the different sections I don't recall ever seeing one about this particular problem, maybe it needs to be added. If I had known I definitely would have lubed it, but like you said earlier it seems like this piece just gets brittle & all the lube in the world might not help it. jmo