Thread: What's moved????

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

Cheers, Craig

Are you parked on flat ground?

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

Disco4SE, can you tell us what they adjusted?

Best Wishes,
Peter

Originally Posted by Bushwanderer

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

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

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.

Originally Posted by Bushwanderer

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

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.

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.

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.