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#1919 of 2195 Re: Driver door not set right [hydrochief] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Dec 26, 2007 (10:58 am)
Replying to: hydrochief (Dec 26, 2007 10:33 am) You could test the seal using masking tape placed cross-wise over the seal in various spots. If you can't pull the tape out when the door is shut, it's probably sealing pretty well. Or a business card or some such.
#1920 of 2195 Re: Driver door not set right [hydrochief] by bxd Dec 26, 2007 (12:58 pm)
Replying to: hydrochief (Dec 26, 2007 10:33 am) If the door is clearly sticking out, I bet he'll be able to pull the tape through no problem.   I haven't taken a close look at the hinges on my 2007 RDV to see how they are setup. But I think you are on the right track with the hinges.   If they are bent just a tiny bit, too little for the eye to see, it will translate to a great angle difference at the door seams. If you can get any recourse from the dealer, I would insist they replace the hinges.   Otherwise, take it to a respected BODY SHOP in your area, they deal with this kind of thing all the time.
#1921 of 2195 Torque Wrench by cruzak Dec 28, 2007 (2:17 am)
My first time to do tire rotation by myself, bought a torque wrench but I don't know how much lb/ft should I apllied on wheel nuts. Need your advice, thank you Replies to this message: bxd (Dec 28, 2007 5:25 am) cruzak (Jan 06, 2008 1:59 am) 442455 (Dec 28, 2007 6:30 am) cruzak (Jan 06, 2008 2:02 am)
#1922 of 2195 Re: Torque Wrench [cruzak] by bxd Dec 28, 2007 (5:25 am)
Replying to: cruzak (Dec 28, 2007 2:17 am) http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/brochure/info/tmpInfoWheelTorque.jsp#bu- ick   100 lb / ft. And as you'll note by glancing over that chart, 100 is a great choice if you're ever caught in a situation, changing a wheel on a car you're not familiar with.   The most important thing is to tighten them in a star pattern and make a couple passes. On the first time through the star, I only tighten them till they feel snug. Then the second time through I tighten to the spec. This makes sure the wheel sits flat and even on the rotor hat. Replies to this message: cruzak (Jan 06, 2008 1:59 am)
#1923 of 2195 Re: Torque Wrench [cruzak] by 442455 Dec 28, 2007 (6:30 am)
Replying to: cruzak (Dec 28, 2007 2:17 am) 100 ft lbs is correct, that is listed in the service manual for the Rendezvous. The way I was taught is to do the star pattern, but to do it in three passes. First at 33 ft lbs, second at 66 ft lbs, and third at 100 ft lbs. If you have wheel covers with the plastic lug nuts that hold the cover to the wheel, those only get tightened to 27 INCH POUNDS (just a little over 2 ft lbs)   When storing your torque wrench, set it at around 20-25 percent of the maxium limit. In other words, if you have a 100 ft lb wrench, set it at 20-25 ft lbs and leave the "lock" UNLOCKED in stored condition. This prevents the springs and other internal parts from going out of calibration or "setting".   Perhaps a bit of overkill with the three passes, but I have worked on many peces of equipment in the nuclear industry, and this is the proper way to torque nuts and bolts, unless the equipment maker stated otherwise. Replies to this message: cruzak (Jan 06, 2008 2:02 am)
#1924 of 2195 Re: Very bad rendezvous [moosie] by sunny16 Jan 03, 2008 (3:46 pm)
Replying to: moosie (Sep 05, 2004 7:19 am) we have a 2002 rendezvous going on 5 years with nothing wrong. All of a sudden we have to every morning we have to jump start it. We have had everything checked and in the dealers shop and they can't find anything wrong with it. Maybe electrical. Thats why i was wondering when moosie stated she or he had problems with electrical if she found out what the problem was. We have shut everything off to see where the draw is coming from, bought a new battery, nothing works so we just hook it up to that thing tee,hee (don't know the name of the thing, Im a woman who doesn't know cars) but my hubby does. I'm checking online for him. I'ts very frustrating. To finish my sentence we hook it up every night so it starts in the morning but that is no guarantee what will happen when we are far from home and have to jump it. Anyone with this problem. by the way our contract just expired Replies to this message: bxd (Jan 04, 2008 5:46 am)
#1925 of 2195 Re: Very bad rendezvous [sunny16] by bxd Jan 04, 2008 (5:46 am)
Replying to: sunny16 (Jan 03, 2008 3:46 pm) Sounds like an electrical drain as you probably already figured out. These can be tough to trace unfortunately. I would first double check every electrical device after leaving the car for the night visually: dash completely off, all interior lights are off, etc. I'm guessing you've done that... so there's gotta be a module of some kind putting a continuous drain on the battery.   Probably something you have to take it in for unless someone here can identify a common failure point for these symptoms.
#1926 of 2195 Re: Driver door not set right [hydrochief] by iggypunk Jan 05, 2008 (4:11 pm)
Replying to: hydrochief (Dec 26, 2007 10:33 am) I had the same thing happen to me. The wind whipped it open and caused the drive side door to spring really bad. I had it reset but now there is a very noticeable wind noise coming from the door and a very large gab between the driver side front and the driver side back door. I hope to get it fixed, but I am afraid that they wont be able too. If anyone has any solutions to this that would be awesome.
#1927 of 2195 Re: Torque Wrench [bxd] by cruzak Jan 06, 2008 (1:59 am)
Replying to: bxd (Dec 28, 2007 5:25 am) Thank You for the advice
#1928 of 2195 Re: Torque Wrench [442455] by cruzak Jan 06, 2008 (2:02 am)
Replying to: 442455 (Dec 28, 2007 6:30 am) Thank You for the advice

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