Re: <E34> Cracked door brake mount

[Pat Donahue <pdonahue@xxxxxxxxx>]

Knute writes:
> 
> Mike:
> 
> Been there, done that!  My door brake (the thing that keeps the door from
> being opened too far) let go last year, and did indeed pound a little dent
> into the outer door skin.  I had the dent removed, the door repainted, and
> new plate welded into the door to receive the new door brake, but after
> about a year, the replacement plate has cracked and the whole thing is
> wobbly.  (I'm a little steamed that they didn't do a better job the first
> time around!)  If you can get this fixed for $300 with a good, solid,
> welded replacement plate and decent paint, consider yourself lucky.  I'm
> now looking at round two of exorcising this gremlin.

Knute and Mike, before you get excited about this "temporary" fix be
aware that Brett heard my door grunching as I opened it and told me to
get that replaced post-haste.  Apparently this is a standard problem on
the cars.  I noticed that the replacement part was just a bit more
"generic" than the one that was in there.  Mine had busted one of the
two tabs off where it attached inside the door which allowed it to skew
and put a lot of pressure on the sheet metal.  Even if fixed correctly
it'll probably break again.

> - -Knute
> '92 525i
> Pizzafest II "Insanity Award" for longest cross country drive (SF Bay
> Area), and very glad to finally be out of the car for a few days!  (Just
> got home last night)

Knute, it was cool to meet "Team Ream" at Pizzafest.  You guys certainly
qualified for the "Insanity Award".
- -- 
Pat Donahue CCA 125031
Vienna, VA
'91 M5 4GTFUL
'72 MGB 8LYFGR&

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