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Old 01-27-2020, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Diseasel300 View Post
That isn't the only part that's important for the striker to operate correctly, there's also a plastic piece in the square hole on the bottom that breaks off (you can see where it used to be in your 2nd photo. The door will still close and latch happily for years with the leading plastic piece that you repaired broken off, you just have to close it slightly harder. When the lower piece in the square hole goes, that's when you have to start slamming super hard multiple times and have failure to latch.
In photo #2 that is epoxy that I put on in the slot area.
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