Haha yes landies like that ,one job turns into three! Was going to mention use of a cylindrical guide , so drill fits snugly down hole and keeps drill central, wonder if there was a fault in the stud caused a weakness to make it shear easier.
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Thanks for reply and advice, yes Jonah is very apt, especially while working on the Landy. Even simple jobs seem to require additional work, replacing injector clamp bolts being an example. Genuine bolts, but think it was torque wrench just...
Looks like you will need to drill it and use a screw extractor , as you haven’t torqued it up, this will help but surprised you’ve snapped it , did you buy genuine or cheapie version
At least you chose an appropriate username 😉
I’ve gone with steel for now since the other ones seem to be! But saying that the other ones don’t have spring washers on them haha,
Putting the nut on has stopped the firebell noise and as a second bonus, made the engine wayyyyyy more quiet!
That above is not the dovetail, just the latch The Dovetail is as in @catmans's pic above, that one is badly out of line and will not do the job of preventing door moving up and down when shut.
The brass tail is a cast shaped item that locates...
In your second pic, it bolts onto the bracket under the door lock and when closed, engages into the fixture on the body. I believe they were fitted to support the door when a spare wheel was on the back.
by the way its a series 3 1982 swb.
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No need for apologies, direct is fine, just could not work out where you meant, thanks for pic but looks. Different to mine are you talking about a rear safari door
Find yourself a safe clear space going downhill, then switch off the engine and freewheel down. See if it stops. Take care if you have power steering of course.