Talon Door Latch Broke - Fix

[hondabob]

I have seen 4 of these broken door latches. Mine just broke on the passenger side. I'm getting close to 42,000 miles so I will be adding a fender washer to the driver's side too and also on all 4 doors on my 4-seater. To remove the door panel, you only have to remove a few Phillips screws.

 

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[Hometeam]

I have seen 4 of these broken door latches. Mine just broke on the passenger side. I'm getting close to 42,000 miles so I will be adding a fender washer to the driver's side too and also on all 4 doors on my 4-seater. To remove the door panel, you only have to remove a few Phillips screws.


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Thanks for the fix! I believe we have the driver-side broke on our 35k mile talon also and I was trying to think of a fix!

 

[hondabob]

My driver's side door was still closing but broken also. The plastic was damaged from the movement, so I drilled a hole and added a 5mm bolt through the plastic to align and tighten it. I'm going to put 50,000 miles on my Talon R 4-seater so I'm adding the washer support now at a bit over 5,000 miles.

 

[CID]

Taking Bob's idea a bit further (because I can weld and tend to over-fix anything that breaks), I'll cut an overlay and edge weld it wherever I can get the torch tip. Any overlay should have pointy ends because a straight weld across that strap 'might' break again. It's a common practice when welding on a vehicle frame. I might even skip welding the two points, doing the top and bottom edges only.

It looks like the ? box can be removed with two bolts allowing better weld access?

 

[Hometeam]

We have stick from the trail wedged in behind it holding it for now…..yes we are Rednecks!!🤓🤪😂