[DeTomaso] Door Alignment

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

The primary wear items on any car door are the door hinges, which
consists of the base plate, the door arm, the bronze or brass bushing
and the door pin

The other wear items are the striker plate on the door post and the
catch inside the door.

The mounting bolts do not wear, the holes do not wear ( unless they are loose )

IMHO opinion, ya'll are going about this like apes with a ball peen hammer.

I have replaced and "fixed" 1/2 dozen MotorHome and trailer doors and
another dozen car doors
by replacing the most worn items only.

the door hinge bushings and the pin itself and some minor alignment after that.

1/64 or smaller amount of bushing and pin wear can equal over a 1/2 of
sag on a long door.

Do yourselves a favor and inspect the pins and bushings inside the
door hinges first.

If worn, remove the door, knock out the old bushings, press in some new ones
and use a new set of door pins.

THEN adjust it.

Jacking up the door is a fancy way of sayong "bending the S^%$" out of it"

my 2 cents.

Michael



On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Jim Gray <grayjim at att.net> wrote:
> Years ago Jim Kucera (?) had posted a how-to on door alignment on the old Orange
> County Club site.  Does anyone know if that info has been preserved on some
> site?
>
> Jim Gray
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>
> To: Freddie Pat <9freddiepat9 at earthlink.net>
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Mon, August 22, 2011 7:10:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Door Alignment
>
> Try using a hydraulic jack to maintain the correct height as you tighten it
> the screws. Make sure you use a block of wood on the door bottom and have
> the screws loose (to the door, not you) prior to jacking it.  As suggested,
> go a bit higher than you anticipate it will take.
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Freddie Pat <9freddiepat9 at earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>> Can anyone give me some suggestions on aligning a door properly, in this
>> case the passenger side?  I have spent a considerable amount of time with
>> no
>> success.  The door continues to remain low on the handle side.  The only
>> way
>> to close it fully is to slam it.  Thanks..
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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