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Hatch Won't Stay Shut

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magnj

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Thanks for the help guys, ordering a new bushing now. Found a little bit of it floating around when I was trying to adjust the striker bolt. Didn't even know there was a bushing on there...

EDIT: I only see door bushings on LMR...will it work?
 

stykthyn

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holy thread resurrection.
 

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Yea well...
Turns our 1/2"ID poly tubing wits on the striker and works...maybe only temporary but at least i won't get rain in my trunk for now.
 

Mustang5L5

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Autozone sells the door strikers and the hatch bushing.


I don't have the part numbers offhand, but in their HELP! isle, they have the door strikers hanging. Direct bolt in. $8 each or so.

For the hatch, they sell an assorted box of striker bushings for $5 or so. You'll need to press your pin out of the washer, swap the bushing and then press the pin back in.


I replaced both door strikers and the hatch striker...best $25 i ever spent.
 

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Bumping this thread up. Just realized my hatch issues were due to having no striker bushing at all. Gonna try and use a parts store bushing. The LRS parts are overpriced. 40 dollars for a striker lol... they need to get more reasonable with some of their resto stuff.
 
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