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Old 03-17-2006, 01:19 PM
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I have a very noisy passenger side door, the driver side isn't so quiet either. But all of my passengers try to put up the window, thinking thats what is leaking. The rubber weather stripping looks good, but I did notice the spacing on top of the door was different from the driver's side.
Check out the pics. there is at least a 1/8 inch difference between the doors.
Is there a way I can adjust this?

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Old 03-17-2006, 01:34 PM
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I have the same problem, also everytime I hit a bump you can hear my doors clatter. Every couple of months my rear doors will stick and you really yank on them to get them open. When you open the rear doors the hinges are ajustable. It's all trial and error until you get them where you want them, but mine still seam to loosen up after a time. I don't know if this will help. Hopely someone else has a better solution that will help both of us out.
 
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Thanks, I would need rear doors to be able to adjust them. That's the only thing I wish this truck had, was a third door. I may go play with the door hinges and see what happens.
 
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Thanks, I would need rear doors to be able to adjust them. That's the only thing I wish this truck had, was a third door. I may go play with the door hinges and see what happens.
You may have better results in closing the gap if you adjust the door clasp & striker.

Also, for general info, bug shields and vent visors are known to cause wind noise on Rams per a TSB.

Mirrors are also a known cause of wind noise, and there was a TSB for 94-96 (I think) Rams that stated the mirrors should be replaced with a newer design (don't know how it's different) if they were found to be causing wind noise.
 
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Yeah, adjusting the doors is easy. You can adjuster glasp by loosing the 2 torx screws then just more it back a LITTLE BIT. A litle goes a long ways with the clasps.
 
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cool, thanks guys.
 



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