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gloriavoxdei 11-23-2010 01:54 PM

door alignment issues
 
When I bought my K30 the PO had replaced all 4 doors with doors from a Suburban. Unfortunately he did not align them very well. My question is does anyone know of a way to align the front doors without having to pull the front fenders?

dammitmitchell 11-23-2010 02:49 PM

Re: door alignment issues
 
what year?
typically ou take yoru time with a friend and patiently shim. tighten, close the door and repeat.
make syr he replaced the door pins.. some people r mega cheap a**es

xs-style 11-23-2010 03:48 PM

Re: door alignment issues
 
Steck door alignment tool. Pick one up at o rielys for about 30 bucks.

burger 11-23-2010 05:45 PM

Re: door alignment issues
 
I used an offset box wrench to adjust my door hinge alignment. I am not sure that I am using the correct terminology for the wrench... it's the type typically used for the distributor hold down bolt. Took a little bit of patience and cursing, but it got the job done. FWIW, I own a Steck door alignment tool, and I find it near worthless. All you need to do is slightly loosen the hinge bolts, push or tug on the door in the direction you need to go, tighten the bolts back up, check, adjust, check, adjust, check, adjust, check.

motornut 11-24-2010 07:17 AM

Re: door alignment issues
 
there's a tool for that?
i always thought trial and error ,trial and error and trial and error
curse and curse and curse
course just get someone to drive into the side of it (like me)and you won't worry bout the fit


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