Peugeot/Fiat sliding door midway stop

[RogerThat]

I'll take a butchers tomorrow and grab a photo if I can

 

[gerry mcg]

The sliding door on our globecar 600L has a bolt on stopper on the lower door track (fixed with 3 screws) that stops the door from sliding fully open.
It is fitted to limit the sliding door rearward travel as if the rear side window was open on the sliding door side, the door would collide with the open window as it travelled rearward.
The stopper is set to limit the sliding door so it cannot collide with the open rear side window.

You can (I have) removed the stopper temporarily to allow the door to slide fully aft to gain easier access to the sliding door catch... But I replaced the limit stopper once I was finished as I would forget and damage the wind if I didn't!

 

[Deck]

I don't know the correct word for it, but the bit of metal (clip?) at the end of the track that currently holds the door in the fully open position, and keeps it open, why don't you just buy another identical one of those from Fiat Spares / Pug Spares and attach it further up the track where you need it?

This is essentially the part that I have made ( see my prev thread " capture PNG " ) 2 wedges back to back with a space in the middle, made as 1 part, but as stated it doesn't work. When the door is fully open it can not go back any further and is prevented sliding forward until the handle is pulled enabling the black piece of plastic on the end of the cable to clear the wedge, unfortunately this doesn't happen in reverse.

 

[SandS]

thank you all for your help and advice.SandS

 

[Poursay]

A simple and inexpensive trick I use is to have one of the extending curtain rods and put this in the track, it can go either side and will stop the door either opening or closing and by shortening or lengthening the rod ( a simple twist action) you can vary the width of the open door. £2 or £3 I think it was.

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[tinkerbell]

This is what we use (if you have a dog, any size lead)

 

[Gyro]

Hi, Has anyone managed to stop the sliding door on a Peugeot/Fiat panel van conversion in the midway position, I have read several threads relating to this on this and another forum, ranging from sticking a cork in the appropriate place.using velcro tape plus a few other suggestions, but I would like to do something a bit more permanent if poss. I have made an aluminium wedge similar to the one used at the end of the doors travel and this works fine in stopping the door from travelling forward but even with a second fitted about 20mm apart but in the opposite direction the part that is retracted by the door handle just rides over the top. I have seen on amazon a part available by EuroCarry advertised as a door stopper for Ducato from 2006 this would be an easy enough part to make however I can't see that it would be in any way different to the part that I have already made ie ... would only stop the door from sliding forward and not stop the door from sliding back. It is important for me to be able to have the option of stopping the door midway as well as allowing the door to be fully open.
Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Regards Deck

Wedge a tennis ball in the gap where the bottom slider is or put a thin fridge magnet on the top runner (my favoured method)

 

[quentinsf]

In case anyone else, like me, comes across this thread sometime later...

If you have access to a 3D printer, I found this design, which works very nicely -- only in one direction, though: the door slides open, but bumps against the stopper while closing, and you need to lift the handle one more time to close it all the way. But it solves the main problem I had, that if you're pointing at all downhill and your sliding door runs smoothly, it has a tendency to close on you.

The design's a nice one because it fits into the holes on the lower rail which, I guess, are put there for such attachments. You just tighten a screw into the stopper which expands the bit that goes into one of the holes, fixing it in place. No drilling into the van, and easy to remove if wanted.

 

[yorkiebar]

In case anyone else, like me, comes across this thread sometime later...

If you have access to a 3D printer, I found this design, which works very nicely -- only in one direction, though: the door slides open, but bumps against the stopper while closing, and you need to lift the handle one more time to close it all the way. But it solves the main problem I had, that if you're pointing at all downhill and your sliding door runs smoothly, it has a tendency to close on you.

The design's a nice one because it fits into the holes on the lower rail which, I guess, are put there for such attachments. You just tighten a screw into the stopper which expands the bit that goes into one of the holes, fixing it in place. No drilling into the van, and easy to remove if wanted.

Yes, I printed that design and fitted it a few weeks back. Works well, just need to remember to pull the door lever when shutting the sliding door from fully open

 

[Riverbankannie]

We have glued this metal strip with cut out into our upper runner. It has been working well all this trip. No need to use the door handle just use a little extra push either way.

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[Bilbo Baggins]

Temu do a similar thing, which cost me about 80p.

 

[Bilbo Baggins]

this one, but gone up in price now.

 

[Boaty]

Anybody looked at a bump stop in the centre track ?
I've had a yorkiebar type for a year and happy. An alternative like above is ok when relatively flat. Because of the latch action neither work stopping short of the rear side window.
So my thinking is a stopper just short of the side window.
Maybe daft , but why not?

 

[Boaty]

Well just a fitting test.
One of these:
Through the top drilled hole:
and it works:

The buffer is 15mm so it fits above the centre of the track and makes contact with the upper wheel.

 

[Boaty]

Now fitted and works. Added 25mm of sounding foam in front of buffer to soften the stop.

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