So the door in my Cherokee is sagging so bad that it no longer lines up with the striker and it has split the metal that surrounds my door latch.... has anyone had this problem or a possibly fix... my current fix was to might weld the steel that holds the latch inside the door. But my welds just broke off afyer a couple weeks of slamming the door
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I will post pictures to explain my problem in a bit when I get a chance to open my door .... I'm driving around town at the moment and I don't want to risk opening my door as it might not close again... I have it slammed shut and locked to prevent it opening

 

How do your body side door hinges look? It sounds like your door hinges may be the issue, however if your door is just out of alignment that can easily be fixed by adjusting the door side hinges to align the door properly.

 

The hinges in the body side are tight as far as I know.. I think its just the holes in the door side of the hinge that are worn causing my door to have some up and down movement... this has caused the door to drop below the point where the striker latches inside the door resulting in the striker hitting the door just above the latch and broke the metal all the way around the three bolts and the latch has been pushed into the door and it no longer operates..... kind of a chain reactions of bad things happening because the previous owner did not address his worn door pins

 

Its hard for me to explain with pictures
..... I will have the jeep in the garage in exactly three hours from now.... then I will take a bunch of pictures to help explain the problem

 

Ahh didnt realize that your jeep was a later model. If the holes for the pins are wallowed out you could always drill the hole on both the door side and body side hinges to allow for a larger pin to be used, or hell even a big nut and bolt.

 

OK. I just took some pictures and my door manages to close again... but my phone isn't allowing me to post them

 

OK... nvm I guess it is

 

Those three pictures are all of the drivers side upper hinge. This is a picture of the latch

 

Here is my failed attempt to weld the split metal that surrounds my latch mechanism

 

DAMN. how low is the door hanging?

 

Like almost a full inch below the the striker .. its pretty bad lol

 

I have illustrated where the metal has split just below the bolts that attach the latch to the inside of the door



Then I tried bending the latch back into place and welding it... but that was only temporary

 

Something I was thinking was to cut the entire section out of another Cherokee and resold it into my door... but then again I could just swap the entire door

 

You might be better of just finding another door with good hinges and replacing it. Just a thought.