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Latch loose in 96 855T 850 1996

posted by  BornABruin on  Thu Jan 26 19:48 CST 2006
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I've been having problem with a rattle in the cargo area of my 96 850 turbo wagon. I finally took off the inside pannel of the liftgate and discovered that even though the three bolts holding down the latch are tight, the latch itself is wobbling around and is likely making the noise when driving.

Has anyone seen this before? I don't see any obvious way to tighten the latch other than the three bolts (tightened with a torx bit). Since I already have the three bolts tighted down I would assume I'm looking at either tightening the latch somehow or replacing the latch and anything attached to it.

Can I just replace the latch or do I have to replace more? If this is a fixable item (hopefully just tightening somewhere) how do I tighten this thing down?

TIA,

Eric








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    Latch loose in 96 855T 850 1996

    posted by  Beiner on  Fri Jan 27 02:03 CST 2006
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    It seemed a bit like magic but when I put that 6" length of tape around the catch last week, the rattle almost completely stoped. I had to drive around a bit without the tailgate cover because I didn't have the right clips to put it on with and even then the rattle was negligable. The tape fills the gap that's created by 10 years of wear.
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    Latch loose in 96 855T 850 1996

    posted by  big Har on  Thu Jan 26 23:50 CST 2006
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    If you don't see plastic around the latch it's missing.... some have used tape around the catch to take up the gap in the gate so it won't rattle. you can find some useful info on volvospeed.com


    96 850 glt wgn 45,000 miles







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