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Old 06-06-2009 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by brent5631
I had that noise in my 99. Went to a dealership and they put a screw in the latch mount to pull it tighter. now no noise!
Exactly. My 95 was terrible when I got it. I priced seals thinking oh this is something simple like weather stripping. Nope seal = window frame = 140ish per side. I got two sheet metal screws and screwed the latch to the cab and adjust as needed and no more noise. Need to do this to my 99 as well. The windows all but don't even touch the seals yet there is no noise and no water leaks.
Old 06-06-2009 | 11:56 PM
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i asked my gf to listen for it tonight, i didnt hear itbut she said she did so i guess ill be ordering some of those latches on ebay
Old 06-07-2009 | 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by oldred95
Exactly. I got two sheet metal screws and screwed the latch to the cab and adjust as needed and no more noise.
Thanks

I'm trying to picture this. Before mine came I read of this and was looking it over on my truck to see how the screw thing would go and cannot picture it. Can we get an image of it?
Old 06-07-2009 | 10:24 AM
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Worked great for me.
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Old 06-07-2009 | 10:30 AM
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Are the eBay links shorter? They would only have to be 1/8 to 1/4" shorter max.
Those links aren't the part that bends. The piece with the screw holding it down is the part that bends out.
Old 06-07-2009 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Coban
Are the eBay links shorter? They would only have to be 1/8 to 1/4" shorter max.
Those links aren't the part that bends. The piece with the screw holding it down is the part that bends out.
I tell ya, I am a machinist and I held the two up together and could not detect a difference by eye and had no measuring tools but slapped them on anyhow.
I know when you cam lock them down they will travel back towards the loosen direction a tiny bit and I believe the new levers stop short of going over this hump. I do know they worked for me noise-wise.

The part Coban drilled through does not move. It is stationary but kind of a flimsy plastic bracket. The screw job is ingenious. Too late for me.
Old 06-07-2009 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Coban
Worked great for me.
WoW! Coban. I wish I had seen that sooner and saved the cash. Now get some black screws to swap out and your fix will be stealth.

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Old 06-07-2009 | 10:46 AM
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I did notice that the mounting bracket with the screw for it was really flimsy when installing mine. Not the bracket itself but where it mounted to the door.
Old 07-24-2009 | 09:43 PM
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I need to try the screw fix! thanks for the pix.
Old 07-25-2009 | 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by therock
Uh Huh. Surrre surrre! Riiiiiiiight! I have owned these trucks since extended cabs first rolled out. The only way I would buy your ocean front property in Arizona is if we could prove they have never been opened. Then it's a milestone anomaly.
been close to 140...mine dont leak? they have been opened maybe 10-15 times.


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