Citroen XM Forum

I need to replace a couple of the check straps on my 1998 Exclusive. The NSF has cracked: the OSR is rusty. Perhaps I should source all four for a twenty year old vehicle since they will soon become hen's teeth?!
Can anyone help, please?
Garryd

Check straps for the front doors are still showing as available from Citroen:
9181 77 Door Arrester
Rear ones (9181 78) are NFP (no further production).

I think its luck.. ive just taken four doors off a 1990 sed 2.1 and check straps are in good order!

If you have trouble finding some shout!

Well I do need a door arrester if we are talking the yoke that keeps the door from shutting close, bolted with 2 bolts to the car? Naturally I need the drivers door side. I've never swapped one of them, I now it's written here somewhere how to change them but I've never looked at it.

The catch bolted TO THE CAR BODY?? That the door lock .. locks onto when you close the door?

They are still on the car.. only two bolts.. star head bolts.. i can get them off..

The condition of secondhand straps varies considerably.
Lubrication or lack of.
Amount of use can be minimal on some doors.
Rough use can break the loop that fixes strap to pillar.
So check over any secondhand ones before bothering to recover them.

Front straps have a bent arm, Rears a straight arm.
Do not fit the wrong one.
The difference is deliberate design to stop the arm hitting the door skin or the lowered window glass.

John

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