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Originally Posted by GMC Guy
i'm going to be buying one of the "Butta Tools" pretty soon. but i'm curious on how they work? does it just line up the latch and striker so you can tighten the hinge bolts?
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No. Well... Kind of... You stick one end on the striker and the other end in the latch and then whoof on it with a breaker bar and bend the door, hinges, and striker until it closes good. Usually it takes a lot of up, some down, and a tad up again. Feels wrong when you're doing it but it works like magic. Keep an eye on the fender/door gap while you're whoofing on it, things that are way out of whack will let the door move so much that it contacts the fender and chips the paint off.
Using the plastic pipe for a replacement bushing is a neat idea, I'm going to give that a try! I assume it must push the latch just a bit further naturally so it clicks over to full latch and holds? I suppose it also keeps it from rattling on rough roads too.