What's moved????

[fatnold]

Took a short cut :) through Wadbilliga NP over xmas in the D4. The roads were in pretty good condition. I was pushing along pretty hard but nothing out of the ordinary. (for me. ;)) I don't think it was any more than 100k's. Upon arrival at my destination I immediately noticed that the top tailgate was no-longer aligned perfectly with the lower tail gate. You could feel interference in the catch when opening and had to give it a good slam to close it. No nice quite click when closing. A harsh crunch instead. Obviously something has moved but what is the most likely culprit???? Now worried about what might move after a serious offroad adventure....:o:o

[Disco4SE]

Hey Fatnold,
The same thing has happened to me. In fact mine has been adjusted twice now?

Cheers, Craig

[Tombie]

Are you parked on flat ground?

[Bushwanderer]

This is interesting, as I thought that the rear of the D4 was identical to the D3. I wonder what has changed. :confused:

Disco4SE, can you tell us what they adjusted?

Best Wishes,
Peter

[Disco4SE]

This is interesting, as I thought that the rear of the D4 was identical to the D3. I wonder what has changed. :confused:

Disco4SE, can you tell us what they adjusted?

Best Wishes,
Peter

Hi Peter,
As far as I know they adjusted the striking plate that the top door catch goes into. I am assuming that this comes loose.
First noticed it when my vehicle was parked across an incline on an angle.

Cheers, Craig

[SuperMono]

My D3 has been a bit dicky when the rear hatch has been open while the car is stressed a bit (OK a lot), such as jacked on one corner or sitting on ramps.
Comes good as soon as you move to levelish ground.

[fatnold]

This is interesting, as I thought that the rear of the D4 was identical to the D3. I wonder what has changed. :confused:
Certainly looks the same as D3. I never had it happen on my D3.

Tombie2
Makes no difference, parked on the flat, parked with 2 wheels on the gutter etc. It's seriously out of alignment now and it wasn't before. :o

erm....thinking further....I do have a pretty solid cross rail bolted inside between the rear guards. (where the previously installed 3rd row of seats had a support bracket fitted on each side.) I might try loosening that off and see if it makes any difference to the tailgate alignment.

But surely the thing ain't that flimsy. :(

[CaverD3]

Because of the design of the D3/4 which has a monocoque body on ladder chassis there is very little flex. I would be getting the connecting bolts and bushes checked. I had a squeek at front of mt D3 and they tightened the bolts and it stopped.

[eddomak]

My D3 has been a bit dicky when the rear hatch has been open while the car is stressed a bit (OK a lot), such as jacked on one corner or sitting on ramps.
Comes good as soon as you move to levelish ground.

Same here - parked on a sideways incline, and the alignment between the top and middle sections moves. Level it up again and it's good for me.