Hatch stuck!

mikebike357

mikebike357

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So i'm at HomeDepot and go to toss some boards in the back of the Foz... no go. Hatch is stuck. WTF! Thankfully I had them cut the board down to a size that would fit thru the door but still. I piddled with it for a few minutes and then went home, had lunch, beat on it, and then it finally opened. Nothing was stuck in there, everything looked good.

I sprayed some lube on the latch so we'll see if it persists. Anyone else ever get a stuck hatch? From what I've read there's a little capped hole that has a manual release but well, would've been nice to know that at HOme Depot.

 
No problems yet with our hatch, but the damned fuel door freezes regularly in the winter. :BangHead:

 
have had the hatch on g/f's foz stick shut a few times. seems less of a latch plobrem and more of a "too much female crapola in the back, getting stuck in the hatch" kind of thing... :angel12:

 
Mike, how much female crapola do you have in your Fozz? Maybe Nigel's stumbled upon the cause of the failure
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The Jeep is so bent and twisted out of shape nowadays that the rear hatch takes a bit of force to open and close. Actually...it takes a lot of force and body weight to get it to open.

 
I looked... there's a bit of rusticle in there. I think i'm going to try the lube method before I pony up the $$ to replace the handle with a non-rustified one.
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Hit it with PB to kill the rust then work in some HHS2000(thick, clingy, spray lube). Work it baby.

 
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