Check Your Door Checks

[Deryl]

I put new door checks on by 63 after having it painted because the old ones were rather crusty. Well about a week and a half later I had the truck sitting on a hill and the driver's side door swung open on me as I was getting out. The new door check snapped at the pin on the A pillar and now I have a nice ding where the door hit the fender. I got the checks from either LMC or Classic, but I don't remember which one. My point here is that if you have them make sure you check them for premature wear. I took both of them off and the holes in both of them are already elongated (this is after about three months.) I am in the process of replacing the flat bar part that connects to the A pillar with some flat stock steel. Just thought I would pass this along.