Catching up on some maintenence, but rear door is killin me!

Been doing a lot of maintenance on my VX lately.. in the past month I have..

Replaced rear pads and rotors
Replaced front pads rotors wheel bearings, repack etc
Dropped trans pan, replaced filter and gasket (was leaking)
Rear diff drain and fill
replaced 5 channel amp (old one started overheating)
re-wired air horn for faster response

only major project i have left is timing belt/water pump etc and i should be good for a while. shes still running strong at 122k

one huge annoyance i have been dealing with is my rear door rattles like crazy! every time i hit a bump it sounds like i have a box full of hammers behind the seats. any tips on how to get it to close a little tighter? i have moved the latch a couple of times sort of randomly and it will help for a day then come right back. Is there a secret to setting the door properly so that it doesnt move after 20 miles?

After reading the post title all I could think of was...


..."that's what she said"!



As for the noise, the 2 things that cause noise on mine have been the spare coming loose and the cover coming loose.

I describe a different problem here, but rattling was a part of the issue.

http://vehicross.info/forums/showthr...456&highlight=

mine is definitely the door itself, i replaced my spare and the cover with a subwoofer. thanks for the link rick.. mine does what you describe so i will try advice from that thread

I have the exact same probably. I have reinforced everything back there and yet still the sub/door something back there sounds like it is totally loose after a few days of driving around.

Another thought on rattles, have you definitely ruled out the back seat? Mine can produce a pretty "heavy-sounding" rattle. Whenever it's in the VX, I always fold it forward to keep the noise down. I've forgotten and left the backrests upright before and couldn't wait to pull over and fold them forward. Pretty bad!

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Originally Posted by Triathlete

After reading the post title all I could think of was...

..."that's what she said"!

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That's why I always call it the cargo door. Not the rear door; would never even consider talking about my back door around this crowd. :laughing:

Haha, I have my entire interior removed at the moment it definitely has something to do with the door I think ;-)

Ya no back seat here either. I rode around in the back of my vx and pulling on the door gets rid of the sound. Adjusting the striker does too but only for a day or two. I'm thinking loc tite on the screws us next.. But id like to find hex head first for better grip just in case

I wonder if you could attach a few of those round rubber bumpers strategically around the door. Maybe a couple underneath it for it to rest on....