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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: feeutfo on 06 November 2011, 08:56:11

Title: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: feeutfo on 06 November 2011, 08:56:11
TB decided to do something about his, and visited the dealers. Seems the plastic pin surround that is set into the door card is available separately in various parts. Some cheap, some very expensive.
But the important part, the bit with the felt insert in is quite cheap, couple of quid. But what I found interesting was the felt bit that's supposed to stop the rattle is held in by a clip insert.

I wonder if removing the surround from the door card, unclipping the felt bit, roughing up the felt and re seating it, possibly rotated 90 degrees, would stop the rattle? For a good while anyway...?

Not a massive issue on the facelift....  But it is annoying. >:(    ;D
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: feeutfo on 06 November 2011, 09:00:18
These bits. Felt piece under thumb, as it was windy.

(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/f0e60d61.jpg)
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: tunnie on 06 November 2011, 09:32:17
Its odd, out of all 4 facelifts we have I can't say I've really experienced it  :-\
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: Shimmy on 06 November 2011, 09:40:23
Would be nice to fix, it's the only rattle I have in my car.

But it's only really noticeable when the stereo is turned up and it starts to vibrate the pin.
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: TheBoy on 06 November 2011, 10:29:06
The bit that needs changing is quite cheap. The clip in the bag under chrisgixer's hand...  ...well, FFS don't break it, it's over £20 ex vat :o
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: TheBoy on 06 November 2011, 10:30:55
Gayboy, if you want to be ginuea pig, you are welcome to the old one. But if you break the clip that holds it in place, that's £20.45 + VAT ;D
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: TheBoy on 06 November 2011, 10:32:21
Its odd, out of all 4 facelifts we have I can't say I've really experienced it  :-\
I've only owned 2 facelifts, both have suffered
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: albitz on 06 November 2011, 10:53:46
Arent the (later ?) square topped pins said to be less prone to rattling ?  :-\
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: TheBoy on 06 November 2011, 11:10:09
Arent the (later ?) square topped pins said to be less prone to rattling ?  :-\
Aren't all facelift pins the same   :-\
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: albitz on 06 November 2011, 11:12:38
Mine are tapered towards the top.My 2002 breaker had square topped ones.Vaguely remember someone saying the square ones were less prone to rattling. :-\
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: TheBoy on 06 November 2011, 11:15:02
Mine are tapered towards the top.My 2002 breaker had square topped ones.Vaguely remember someone saying the square ones were less prone to rattling. :-\
My 2000 facelift and my 2003 facelift both had rattly pins...
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: TheBoy on 06 November 2011, 11:15:33
And its not the pin thats at fault, its the surround it sits in...
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: feeutfo on 06 November 2011, 11:33:49
Both my face lifts had trouble. Used to be better locked, now better unlocked... But very irritating.
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: MaxV6 on 06 November 2011, 12:24:29
if it's the felt that's the issue, surely it's be fairly easy to make something to either  replace it.... or thicken it up .


(i foresee a bunch of people raiding their kid's fuzzy felt sets for a bit of felt to cut to shape....  )

Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: 05omegav6 on 06 November 2011, 13:59:46
Mine rattles like a bstard ::) The door cards are from an early facelift and were modified using the trim pieces from the original later doorcards.
I didn't notice the felt piece, where exactly does that go? :-\

Best solution I could come up with was to tension the lock rod with an elastic band, just loop it through itself around the rod where it goes through the membrane and  refit the upper screw on the trailing edge of thedoorcard so that it goes through the spare end of the band.  :y

Whilst I appreciate that it is a bit 'Heath Robinson', it does seem to work. I just need to sort the front passenger door one as that is the loudest noise inside the car. :-\
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: feeutfo on 06 November 2011, 17:27:52
Felt piece is in the door card insert that surrounds the pin.

Or to put it another way. Remove door card(and look in the door pin hole you'll see the felt set within it) remove clip from behind/under door card that holds the surround in place this is the expensive bit. Remove surround from door card, on the side of the surround are two plastic clips, de press those and pull out the inner/centre, then remove the felt piece...as the pic.

...although the the three parts pictured are supplied as one afaict.
Title: Re: Face lift locking door pin rattle.
Post by: 05omegav6 on 06 November 2011, 17:53:25
Felt piece is in the door card insert that surrounds the pin.

Or to put it another way. Remove door card(and look in the door pin hole you'll see the felt set within it) remove clip from behind/under door card that holds the surround in place this is the expensive bit. Remove surround from door card, on the side of the surround are two plastic clips, de press those and pull out the inner/centre, then remove the felt piece...as the pic.

...although the the three parts pictured are supplied as one afaict.

That makes sense now, Ta. :y