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I hope it does the trick for you.
Any tricks to getting your SB doors to close easier?
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WFarm, you just became this week's hero for me. My new 78 was a slammer. Read this the other day, but didn't have time to get after it. Today, I looked in the overhead of the garage and was happy to see I still had about 20' of 1/2" PEX.
Grabbed one of my PEX/PVC cutters, snipped pieces to length, split them with the cutter, opened the slit with a big screwdriver, slid the two in place and, WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT. Even my wife can close the doors now.
My brother has four or five 67's to 72's. If they use the same posts, I'll give him six or eight the next time I make it over to his place.
THANKS, ten times over.
Grabbed one of my PEX/PVC cutters, snipped pieces to length, split them with the cutter, opened the slit with a big screwdriver, slid the two in place and, WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT. Even my wife can close the doors now.
My brother has four or five 67's to 72's. If they use the same posts, I'll give him six or eight the next time I make it over to his place.
THANKS, ten times over.
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@Dejure Im glad it worked for you, but I’d be a butt head if I tried to take credit! 
As somebody mentioned there is a Sticky Thread on this that I came across and tried and was extremely pleased with the result.
Welcome back to the world of non-slamming doors!
As somebody mentioned there is a Sticky Thread on this that I came across and tried and was extremely pleased with the result.Welcome back to the world of non-slamming doors!
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The reason the striker needs the bushing (or pex, etc) is the latch is designed to work with the diameter of the bushing.
If you study the latch and the striker you'll see how and why being bushing-less creates lots of issues.
The striker needs to be able to latch the latch through both clicks, and once latched, hold the door tight to the weather stripping. These actions require both sides of the striker, one side is responsible for latching the latch, the other side is what holds the door tight to seal it up.
So if you reduce the diameter of the striker, like when it's bushing-less there needs to be more travel to be able to make it function properly. Issue is with the weather stripping in the way it requires a good slam to get that extra travel, then the door is still going to be loose.
So begins the adjustment attempts, but the actions are inverse of each other. By moving it in or out you are compromising the inverse action.
Basically, you need the bushing, so buy a new striker or do the PEX trick to your old one instead of slotting holes out or trying to beat the flange of the cab because you will just chase the issue around.
The bushing also provides support to the rear of the door and should take a little load off of the hinges.
A bushing less striker
New one
If you study the latch and the striker you'll see how and why being bushing-less creates lots of issues.
The striker needs to be able to latch the latch through both clicks, and once latched, hold the door tight to the weather stripping. These actions require both sides of the striker, one side is responsible for latching the latch, the other side is what holds the door tight to seal it up.
So if you reduce the diameter of the striker, like when it's bushing-less there needs to be more travel to be able to make it function properly. Issue is with the weather stripping in the way it requires a good slam to get that extra travel, then the door is still going to be loose.
So begins the adjustment attempts, but the actions are inverse of each other. By moving it in or out you are compromising the inverse action.
Basically, you need the bushing, so buy a new striker or do the PEX trick to your old one instead of slotting holes out or trying to beat the flange of the cab because you will just chase the issue around.
The bushing also provides support to the rear of the door and should take a little load off of the hinges.
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Yeah, well thanks anyway for forwarding this gold.
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You should tell me whether or not you have the auxiliary door weather strip. It would be on the front of the top of the door and go to the edge of the top where it turns to be the back of the frame. So it it spans across the top and the angle of the front
