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soft closure help req'd

Post by steviebongo » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:22 pm

hi there can somebody help me with my soft closure door ,posted a while ago still not got to the bottom of the fault,so here goes,striped the door down and the door has got the mechanism for the soft close and the fuses are ok but can't find a wiring diagram for the door anywhere, the door has 5 pins no1 is blue and has apprx 5 volts at it no2 red and no5 black are to earth these 3 wires go directly to the motor/module inside the door. any help would be great as the wind noise and draughts from the door not closed properly are doing my head in.




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Post by MountainGoat » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:56 pm

Bongo wiring diagram is available from the club shop on a CD rom. Problem with it is while a good lecky should be able to understand the symbols the anotations are in Japanese I believe.

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Post by missfixit70 » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:07 pm

In the mean time, you should be able to shut the door fully without the soft close, if you can't, I'd say the problem is more of a mechanical one. Check the runners & catches are all clear.
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Post by steviebongo » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:12 pm

thanxs the door does close and everything mechanicaly works but the door dosent fully close because the motor hasnt pulled the mechanism too close.









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Re: soft closure help req'd

Post by splitpin » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:40 pm

Door should still close tight without motor pulling it in, prefer mine not to close electrically so remove fuse, closes fully no problem.
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Post by mikeonb4c » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:03 am

splitpin wrote:Door should still close tight without motor pulling it in, prefer mine not to close electrically so remove fuse, closes fully no problem.
I'm not surprised to read this. One Bongo I looked at when hunting for one had a soft close that didn't work. I recall thinking it made virtually no difference (except possibly on a campsite late at night when you don't want to disturb peeps by slamming doors)
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Re: soft closure help req'd

Post by Richard D » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:05 am

When I first got my bongo the soft close had been dissconnected and I didnt know it had it until I saw another bongo's door lock itself. mine would close tight without the softclose so if yours doesnt it must be one of the latches or if the cables to the latches in the door have become dissconnected or broken it might be stopping one of them locking correctly. after seeing the other bongo door close itself I stripped the panel off mine to see if it had the bits and it had, but the electrical connectors had been dissconnected and so had the cables which were a bitch to set up.
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Post by daveblueozzie » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:04 am

Not all bongos have soft close.
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Post by bigdaddycain » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:13 pm

daveblueozzie wrote:Not all bongos have soft close.
True, we peeped a new shape at wheelquick that didn't have the soft close option.
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Post by rwill19050 » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:40 pm

When ours 'packed up' I found it to be corrosion on the door/pillar contacts.
A quick rub with wire wool, a wipe of WD40 and Bingo (or should I say Bongo), soft door close again. :wink:
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Post by steviebongo » Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:04 pm

thanxs for the help ,looks like i,ll just put it on the things to do list ,i,ll get on to it eventually lol!!.




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Post by Yamaha » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:50 pm

daveblueozzie wrote:Not all bongos have soft close.
Well, I didn't know that, Dave. :?

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Post by daveblueozzie » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:55 pm

Yamaha wrote:
daveblueozzie wrote:Not all bongos have soft close.
Well, I didn't know that, Dave. :?

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Re: soft closure help req'd

Post by Dabs » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:07 pm

daveblueozzie wrote:
Yamaha wrote:
daveblueozzie wrote:Not all bongos have soft close.
Well, I didn't know that, Dave. :?

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Re: soft closure help req'd

Post by missfixit70 » Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:27 am

daveblueozzie wrote:
Yamaha wrote:
daveblueozzie wrote:Not all bongos have soft close.
Well, I didn't know that, Dave. :?

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