1st gen door latch assembly issues

[RdHuggr68]

Originally Posted by paulk68

I have the exact same issue with new latches and my ring brother door handles. I was gonna add a spacer to the latch pad to try to help.

Yesterday I took a small piece of steel, 1/8" thick and clamped it to the latch pad and had no issues with opening the doors on both sides. So I am going to remove the latches and tack a small piece on each door latch and be done with it.

[minendrews68]

I had to do the same thing with my '68. New door handles old latches. But works fine now.

[ADY]

Ditto, bend the pin on the new Ring Bros handle and new latch and worked great.