iota Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Hey guys, both our 520's doors seem to have trouble latching fully unless you really slam the door. This leads to a lot of "hmm, the door is rattling a lot, better open it and slam it again" at the start of every drive. The door rubbers are in fair shape (could stand to be replaced but not terrible). I can see that the door jambs have some kind of a star wheel and the doors have a toothed receiver. I don't see any damage to either I don't want to make things worse by trying to take the door latch apart, so before I do - has anyone had this issue and know how to solve it? Do the star wheel mechanisms need lubricated or adjusted? Thanks for any suggestions! 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Clean and lube the latch mechanisms on the door and the door jamb. Check the door hinges for wear, sagging doors. Check the doors for adjustment. Also post pictures to see if the latches hyave been changed out. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 When you open the door does it drop slightly? It may be misaligned but probably hinge wear. I think this is for the 510 hinge but likely the 521 is somewhat similar as far as the bushings and pins. On 2/1/2013 at 7:56 PM, mklotz70 said: I just found the pics that go with this thread. I'm not going to put them in with text at this point, but it should help the thread at least a bit 🙂 On 2/1/2013 at 8:06 PM, mklotz70 said: It's really hard to read the Dorman number.....I'm pretty sure this is it..... 38397 1 1 Quote Link to comment
iota Posted February 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Excellent thanks guys - wasn't sure if this was just a quick known issue but this info is a big help, I'll take a close look at the door soon 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 1 hour ago, datzenmike said: When you open the door does it drop slightly? It may be misaligned but probably hinge wear. I think this is for the 510 hinge but likely the 521 is somewhat similar as far as the bushings and pins. Unfortunately, no, the 521 does not have bushings in the hinges. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Can you drill them out and put them in? For a quick fix I drilled out a 620 hinge and just put in a long bolt. 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) Anything is possible. I agree that would be the solution, just saying it's not the same as the 510 in that regard - just cast leafs with steel pins, no bushings 😬 Edited February 2, 2020 by thisismatt 1 Quote Link to comment
iota Posted February 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 I ended up soaking the "star wheel" in PB Blaster and rotating it around quite a bit and the doors seem much better now - guess the latch was just gummed up and wasn't spinning freely "forward" when the door was closing. Thanks guys, I love an easy fix! Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 520 521 used a different system than a 510 as Mike posted. yes clean the latch. I never had a proplem with my 521 since the 20yrs I have oowned it. door don't sage or anything 1 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) On 2/2/2020 at 8:55 AM, datzenmike said: When you open the door does it drop slightly? It may be misaligned but probably hinge wear. I think this is for the 510 hinge but likely the 521 is somewhat similar as far as the bushings and pins. Like in this post of Mike's above, a hing pin bushing kit does wonders. Edited August 16, 2020 by edekalil Quote Link to comment
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