[Healeys] BJ8 Door Lock/Latch

[Al Malin]

I should have prefaced my comments with:

Inspect the tip of the latch by comparing it to the one on the other door. If
the latch tip is comparatively worn then weld material to the tip and grind to
shape.

Al Malin
Tricarb


On Feb 21, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Al Malin wrote:

> Jonas,
>
> My driver door latch had the same problem. A fellow club member repaired it
> during one of our spring tune-up sessions. The repair was done in Spring
> 2006.
>
> Remove the latch, weld additional metal onto the tip, grind tip to required
> shape, reinstall latch.
>
> Photos of Tim welding and grinding latch (not much to see but they look
> cool):
> http://tricarb.com/gallery/2006tuneup/IMG_0689
> http://tricarb.com/gallery/2006tuneup/IMG_0691
>
>
> Al Malin
> Tricarb
>
>
> On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Jonas Payne wrote:
>
>> I have a passenger side door latch that is failing and cause for some
>> concern, as I don't want to lose my passenger when cornering.
>>
>> While underway, and when entering the car, sometimes the latch will not
>> hold it's "latched" position on the post in either of its 2 positions .
>>
>> In addition, in fiddling with it, with the door open, sometimes it
>> fails to positively engage either of it's 2 latch positions.  IE - it
>> just swings around doing nothing.
>>
>> What is the recommended process for repairing one of these, since they
>> apparently are not re-produced.