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[Colin G]

Anyone got a solution to rattly locking pins on the doors, when you hold them they're fine. Not desperate just starting to get on my tits now 

Col

[Andy B]

Anyone got a solution to rattly locking pins on the doors, when you hold them they're fine. Not desperate just starting to get on my tits now 

Col

Not that I have a facelift, but I believe the cure is a turn of insulation tape. 

[jonny2112]

I think some have used draught excluder type stuff. Need to take the door cards off though to get at it properly.

[fiend61]

really annoying i know    but firstly check that the top of the door card is clipped on properly  the clips are held on by a plastic strip that is glued to the top of the door card, if the doorcard has been off before you will probally find that the plastic strip has come unstuck  just reglue with a decent glue and no more rattling doorpins 

[feeutfo]

Tape, felt pads, general bits of stuff stuck between the pin and surround dont seem to last IME. Heat in the car, too much, too little. It just falls off after a while.

TB purchased the complete aurround as new. Consists of an inner an outer and a bit of felt in between. Worked for a while, rattle returned. Wasn't cheap either.

Next time I have a door card off, I intende to pick the felt surround out to fluff it up a bit, and bend the vertical wire stalk the pin sits on so it's angled in the hole and take put the play. Then see how that goes. Other than that....

[TheBoy]

I short term solution is to replace the surround around pin, about £2. Don't buy its tiny plastic clip, thats £22

I did mine last summer, started rattling again

[TheBoy]

TB purchased the complete aurround as new. Consists of an inner an outer and a bit of felt in between. Worked for a while, rattle returned. Wasn't cheap either.

Surround with felt insert was cheap enough, but the retaining clip was mental money

[Grrrrrr]

I'd check the plastic strip at the top inside of the door card is glued properly before spending money, with a few turns of decent duck-tape round the pins anywhere where it looks like metal on metal might be possible.

Had it on mine after taking the door card and it niggled the hell out of me on my next journey! Better with the lock down though!

[feeutfo]

The pin tapping on the surround through road vibration...? ...both the pin and surround are plastic. The only metal part is the rod holding the pin up. The felt insert clamped into the surround is supposed to stop the rattle.

IME there is very little room for tape. The up down motion of the central locking pin means any tape gets dislodged quite quickly... ...IME.

[Grrrrrr]

Seemed to fix mine but then maybe I was lucky and got the alignment better or the locking clip more secure the second time.

I only put a turn and a bit of duck tape so it isn't very thick at all. Doesn't touch the metal. Idea was to dull any sound if vibration caused it to touch the metal (like a boat fender) rather than insulate it like a draught excluder.

J

[Colin G]

Ear plugs it is then 

[Grrrrrr]

 

I guess if it the clip part that is broken and allowing it to rattle you could maybe try some liquid rubber where it clips through and see if that stops it? Grabbing at straws now!

[feeutfo]

Here's the relevant parts

[feeutfo]

The surround is the big bit you'll recognise, at the top.
In the middle, under my thumb, is the felt insert.
Under that, at the bottom of the pic, is a clip that holds the felt inside the surround.

No metal, nothing broken, it really is purely just the felt not stopping the rattle.

[Grrrrrr]

I got lucky!

First time for everything ...