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excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5850

1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue

Read door lock issues/adjustment

Since replacing the rotten rear door on the 110 with a new one, along with new hinges, new door lock, new rubber seal the lifting of the handle to open the door has become quite stiff to pull up.
Having a bit of spare time yesterday, I had a look.

With the rubber seal removed the door opens and shuts ok, the door sits well in the frame and the lifting of the handle to open the door is much easier.

I was wondering if the new door rubber could be the issue, i.e being aftermarket is the rubber too thick/too stiff ?\

The frame side door catch is at max adjustment and is almost upagainst the hard rubber edge of the seal. I did consider cutting out a section of the hard rubber to see if I can get any more movement, but I should'nt really have to do this.

The overall thickness of the rubber seal is around 27mm.

If anyone has recently replaced the door seal or is willing to measure the thickness of their door seal that would be useful.

Or am I barking up the wrong tree and should be looking at something else? 1999 Defender TD5 110

Regards
John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

8th Oct 2023 9:06am

Macleaa

Member Since: 29 Oct 2017
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 13

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 SW Scotia Grey

I have recently had a similar experience.

I bought a 2015 XS 90 station wagon back in March this year. There were various problems with the rear door… a broken top hinge pin being the most significant.

On completing fitting of new hinges, etc. I found that I still had problems getting the door adjusted for a flush fit on closure. Fortunately I had another Defender to compare with which I knew still had factory fitted door seals. On checking I found that the previous owner of the vehicle I had just bought had fitted a new aftermarket rear door seal which had a slightly different profile and was made from thicker/heavier , less flexible/compressible rubber.

I bought and fitted a genuine LR rear door seal and the rear door now closes perfectly with good flush fit on closure.

8th Oct 2023 3:25pm

excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5850

Cheers for the info. Would it be a pain for you to measure the overall thickness of the seal please? 1999 Defender TD5 110

Regards
John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

8th Oct 2023 4:13pm

Macleaa

Member Since: 29 Oct 2017
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 13

I measured both the new LR seal and the aftermarket seal and they both were dimensionally similar on or around 27mm as per your measurement of your seal.
As I said earlier, I think the difference is that the genuine LR seal is softer, more flexible and more compressible , ultimately providing a seal but with less pressure on the closed door interface.

9th Oct 2023 10:27am

shanecl

Member Since: 20 Mar 2013
Location: Louth
Posts: 509

1989 Defender 90 V8 Petrol CSW Auto Firenze Red

This happened me also and to be honest I used a wooden block to cover the latch part and gave it a little persuasion with the hammer and now closes perfectly

9th Oct 2023 10:32am

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