LMAO...I just repaired my drivers door this weekend. I don't have pictures of the before and in process but I can take one of the finished piece. Didn't know it was going to be needed by someone else. Anyway I'll try to explain what I did.

Mine actually broke several years ago. It was the spot welds that left go. So I drilled where the welds were and riveted it back together. This worked for a while until the thing pulled through the sheet metal. I guess drilling the holes weekened it. So now I had this big hole in there. I wanted something heavy duty so I made a backing plat out of 1/4" thick stainless. Then I made a "faceplate out of 1/16" thick stainless. Cut a rectangular hole in this to allow the "limiter anchor" to be welded from behind. I filed out the torn hole to be nice and square so the limiter is almost in the same position as stock. Then I drilled for 1/4" bolt top and bottom in new faceplate and door jamb and tapped my backing plate. To hold the backing plate in place while I fastened this "sandwhich" together I drilled a small hole in the center of tapping plate and hammered a finishing nail in. While holding the nail I put the top of backing plate into hole, moved it up as far as it would go, tilted bottom of plate in and down into position. Then while holding onto nail I slid the nail through the center of the limiter. Then I bolted it up with loctite Twisted nail out, attached the strap and done!!. Works great and yes there is room for the bolt heads. Hope this was followable and helpful.


George <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/nana.gif" alt="" />
92 Rodeo XS 4x4
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