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Lupo check strap gone mental.

  • 03-12-2010 8:35pm
    #1
    Owen
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    Eldery neighbour of mine has been having ongoing grief opening up her drivers door, the check strap is just noisy giving a bang bang bang between the steps of the strap.

    Disassembled the door today and got the strap out along with its mechanism (BTW, Volkswagen, who RIVETS speakers to doors anymore? Seriously like ...), but can't see any faults. I would expect a plate to be broken, or a bolt to be sheared - but again, nothing. It was gummed up with black muck and crud, which I've degreased and relubricated, but before I put it back in the car tomorrow and hope for the best, does anyone have any other tricks I could try?


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  • #2
    Slidey
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    I do not know why they insist on using rivets for the speakers... :mad:

    The Golf was at the same lark recently and I just put some grease on it, you could get at it without taking the door card off though, not sure if it is a similar set up on the Lupo


  • #3
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Oh the little lupo doesn't have anything as fancy as door cards, just mostly metal with a few bits of plastic clipped on for asthetics :D


  • #4
    Owen
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    Well, no luck. Degreased and degunged it, lubricated it to death, checked for any signs of wear or misaligned parts and nothing. Just ordered a new one, 30 quid.


  • #5
    Tropheus
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    The Audi A2 suffers from a similar problem. The only way to cure it is to replace the complete door strap. It's a bit of a job as the door card has to come off.


  • #6
    Owen
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    Just stuck the new strap in, and problem solved. Interesting to note the design has changed completely - maybe it's something they learned about after a few years of production?


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  • #7
    Tropheus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭Tropheus


    PaintDoctor wrote: »
    Just stuck the new strap in, and problem solved. Interesting to note the design has changed completely - maybe it's something they learned about after a few years of production?

    Good to hear that. They didn't learn when it comes to the A2. The door straps don't last too long, but the design hasn't changed.


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