the problem: the door on the driver side makes an unbearable BANG each time i hit a small bump

what i did: i changed the pins, the bushings and the roller on the bottom hinge... with no result

the noise apparently comes from the bolt on which the door handle mecanism grips

any ideas, anyone?

The bolt that the door latches to wears in time. here is supposed to be a nylon or rubber covering on it, but they frequently 'disappear'. it can be replaced, by tape or other means. I'll have to look but
I believe the bolt has a little adjustment in it. How is the rubber weatherstripping around the door? If it's gone, the door will bump as you describe too, but it sounds as though the latch is out of adjustment.

Some of the striker bolts are adjustable on Fieros and some aren't. On my 87 it was adustable. I loosened it up and was able to move it in a little more. The door latch might have some wear on it too.

I've had the same problem in every fiero...Replaced the hinges and striker bolt...and still it feels like it's gonna fall off...
I have no adjustment on the striker, is there a way to adjust the hocking clamp...?

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I have been working on the same problem. I did all above and it am now at same poinr you guys are...from what I can determine, it is not possible to adjust the latch w/o taking it out of the door. Removing the latch appears to be a big job, so we might as well look at rebuilding the latch or replacing IT if we go through the bother of removing IT.

ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT REBUILT OR REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THE LATCH MECHANISM. OR, PRICE FOR LATCH ASSEMBLY AT SALVAGE YARD?

i just thought of something... would it be possible to find a bigger striker bolt out of another GM car that would also fit the fiero... i'm thinking firebird or camaro?

You can adjust the striker bolt but you may have to elongate the hole in the door frame with a dremel or the like. The captive nut for the striker bolt does have some wiggle room.

I think I heard about someone elongating the door latch holes to allow a little adjustment.

Perhaps this will help: http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/20020208-2-012181.html

There is also an article in Ogre's cave.
You may also use the search button at the top right of this page. Type in door adjustment, use entire post-archive TD&Q. You will find your answer.

[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 08-10-2003).]