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nicksaab Member Since: 28 May 2013 Location: Wimbledon and West Wales Posts: 559 |
Here we go - finally stopped raining! Apologies but the car is absolutely filthy but here is the video of mine working.
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18th Nov 2020 3:19pm |
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adara Member Since: 09 Dec 2008 Location: Eastern Europe Posts: 736 |
Thank you for posting, I wonder if anyone else has lower soft close... 2019 Vogue P400e |
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18th Nov 2020 8:05pm |
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nicksaab Member Since: 28 May 2013 Location: Wimbledon and West Wales Posts: 559 |
You can test it yourself - just manually raise the lower door slowly onto the latch and the soft close should kick in. Current Fleet:-
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18th Nov 2020 8:37pm |
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adara Member Since: 09 Dec 2008 Location: Eastern Europe Posts: 736 |
Indeed, when closing manually, the soft close engages for the lower door too... Now, where to find an adjustment tutorial...
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19th Nov 2020 6:01pm |
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nicksaab Member Since: 28 May 2013 Location: Wimbledon and West Wales Posts: 559 |
Another interesting fact - if your upper tailgate doesn't softclose when parked on the level, it may still work when parked on a hill nose up. This is because the extra force/weight exerted on the tailgate slows the powered struts more, so the door closes slower. This means that even if the door is out of slight alignment the slower closing allows the catches to softclose!
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19th Nov 2020 6:53pm |
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adara Member Since: 09 Dec 2008 Location: Eastern Europe Posts: 736 |
Alright, I am sure that the lower tailgate has lowered even more, the gap is more than 1 cm now. The hinges look tight, so I wonder if there is a way to adjust the length of the cables inside the door... 2019 Vogue P400e |
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21st Dec 2020 1:10pm |
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knwatkins Member Since: 11 Sep 2020 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 735 |
I'm going to have a go at adjusting mine when the weather (and a spare set of hands) permits.
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21st Dec 2020 8:18pm |
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adara Member Since: 09 Dec 2008 Location: Eastern Europe Posts: 736 |
Adjust, but what? How? There is no mention of the 2 holding wires in the service manual, only the actuator is described: "The lower powered tailgate is opened and closed by one tailgate actuator mounted in place of the gas strut."
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21st Dec 2020 10:22pm |
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knwatkins Member Since: 11 Sep 2020 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 735 |
Firstly it'll be the top one through using the Powerfuluk video as a guide, then the bottom one afterwards. As to what to adjust....I don't know until I look at it. Even if a specific adjustment point is not designed in, optimisation may be possible. Kev
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21st Dec 2020 10:47pm |
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adara Member Since: 09 Dec 2008 Location: Eastern Europe Posts: 736 |
Good luck with the top part! The following document shows what to look for with the adjustment (mostly to get it to be flush at point 1 and recessed at point 2...)
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22nd Dec 2020 7:50am |
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knwatkins Member Since: 11 Sep 2020 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 735 |
Awesome, thank you Kev
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22nd Dec 2020 7:10pm |
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