Technical Sliding door catches

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Technical Sliding door catches

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I have a 2024 Ducato H2L4. I’ve noticed the sliding door is slightly out of alignment with the main body shell on the leading closing edge. It sits about 10mm inside the body shell along the centre line of the door.
At about the same point there appears to be the option of maybe a door alignment catch/fitting which isn’t present. They’re simply a hole with a formed rubber cover. Does anybody know (a) what this not present centre catch might be for? (b) how to adjust the centre alignment of the door leading edge when top and bottom are perfectly in alignment?
 
Model
Ducato H2L4 x295
Year
2024
I have a 2024 Ducato H2L4. I’ve noticed the sliding door is slightly out of alignment with the main body shell on the leading closing edge. It sits about 10mm inside the body shell along the centre line of the door.
At about the same point there appears to be the option of maybe a door alignment catch/fitting which isn’t present. They’re simply a hole with a formed rubber cover. Does anybody know (a) what this not present centre catch might be for? (b) how to adjust the centre alignment of the door leading edge when top and bottom are perfectly in alignment?
A photo may help.
On the older big vans there were two large spring loaded plastic cups which engaged with metal trumpets/pyramids at the final engagement of door in frame if correctly aligned.Something like this photo, if door correctly aligned these help pull the door in correctly.
Yours being newer may have some other method.
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A photo may help.
On the older big vans there were two large spring loaded plastic cups which engaged with metal trumpets/pyramids at the final engagement of door in frame if correctly aligned.Something like this photo, if door correctly aligned these help pull the door in correctly.
Yours being newer may have some other method.
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Thanks, I’ve seen these advertised on eBay and Amazon. Going to pull out the rubber grommet today and see if there are captive nuts in the body shell that would give any extra hints as to what would fit. I’ll drop pictures into this thread of what I find behind the grommet
 
This is what the sliding door frame front edge looks like. I’ve tried removing the rubber insert but it’s either very tight or glued in. The door has a corresponding profile rubber grommet. The rubber insert appears to line a possibly metal profile in the vehicle body shell. It’s solid and doesn’t deform if pushed so there must be a metal pocket behind it…?
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Is it possible the part it engages with has some adjustment.
Are there any signs of misalignment/wear in one area? The door catch may need adjustment also. I assume nothing inside like trim or carpet is holding it out of line?
On my 2010 LWB Scudo the top and bottom sets are different but they do seem adjustable.:)
 

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