Re: 1998 Convertible Door 'snapping sound' when opened or closed

"banker16" <clynnmurray@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  > banker16 wrote:
>  > When I open and close the drivers door it makes a 'snapping' sound.
>  I can see what the cause is but don't know exactly how to repair it.
> The door 'stop' seems to have some sort of plastic covering.  This
> plastic piece is broken and part of it looks to be on the hinge
> pillar side and the rest of it slides on the door stop.  The one on
> the other door is covering the strap all the way to the pillar end.
> When you open or close the door this piece of plastic sticks to the
> strap for a while and then snaps forward making a loud sound when it
> strikes the other end on the door pillar.  You can see it 'jump'
> toward the door pillar when it makes this noise. It is quite
> annoying.  I wonder what the purpose of the plastic covering on the
> strap is?  It looks like the door stop strap is bolted on both ends
> and you would have to remove the door panel and remove that end from
> the inside of the door?
>
> I can do that, it looks like I might
> be able to do it by removing the speaker cover, speaker and not the
> entire door panel. I guess I just do not understand the reason for
> the plastic 'cover' on the strap.  The strap itself holds the door
> and doesn't seem broken?
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Lynn
>

You will have to remove the entire door panel, if you remove just the
speaker you will see there is a large  plastic bracket that has to come
off
also, in order to get this bracket off the door panel MUST come off. I
don't
think you understand what the clicking noise is.......If you look at the
small pin that is on the body side you will see that the check strap is
broken and causing the snap sound.

Glenn