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Join Date: May 2018
Location: Prattville, AL
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Door alignment question
Ok, my drivers door was so screwed up so I decided buy a reproduction door. The issue I am having is I have good gaps around the door except for the A-pillar. The gap at the bottom of the pillar matches the back and bottom of the door about 3/16" to 1/4". At the top of the pillar it a 1/16" at best and that's in primer. So my question is should I cut that joint to get more space. Or does someone have a method to move the door window frame a bit to get the gap even.
I have moved the door as far as it will go towards the back of the cab |
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Location: Marianna Arkansas
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Re: Door alignment question
Depending on the door, I have had to remove the upper door "hoop" completely top drop the whole thing down. My door fit perfect all around except it was too tall and overlapped the drip rail. There are spot welds on the front and back are really easy to find. I drilled them through[spot welds] and then just tapped the hoop down into the door with a 2x4 block and hammer then welded her back up. After the figuring on what was wrong it only took a couple hours to fix. My customer was in my shop at that time and I told him he might want to ride up town and get a cold Coke. He said he could stand it if I could so off I went and made it right.
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Re: Door alignment question
Thanks hugger6933. I went out and double checked the angle of the A-pillar/cab angle and both sides matched so that is right. So like you said I know it's the door hoop angle. Thanks for your solution tip.
Measured the straight section of the hoop to the door and the front is a 1/4" higher than the back. So now I'll measure the original passenger door hoop height and get that set and hopefully fix the hoop angle. |
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Re: Door alignment question
The window frame is very malleable, i beat it around using a 4’ length of 4x4, if beating the hoop inward protect the lip by taping a wood block to it.
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Re: Door alignment question
Thanks for the help guys I finally got looking right. I used a combination of beating on it and moving the door around.
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Location: Cocoa FL
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Re: Door alignment question
I just installed a new used door and it's rubbing on the fender some when opening the door. So, obviously it needs to go bask some. My question is do I need to take the fender off to get to the bolts to adjust it?
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Location: Elkhart, Texas
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Re: Door alignment question
Adjust the door to fit the body opening and then adjust the fender to "fit" the door leading edge..
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Re: Door alignment question
If you look at stock unmolested trucks you'll see over 50%-60% or more have the upper front door glass frame nearly touching or rubbing against windshield pillar where the miter joint is for upper door glass. So they were this way from the factory more often than not so the reproduction doors which are based on the originals have the same clearance in this area more often than not.
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Location: Cocoa FL
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Re: Door alignment question
So how do I move the door back? There is a large gap at the latch/rear and very tight gap at the fender.
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Re: Door alignment question
Use a big S-shaped wrench to get at the door hinge bolts on the body. I have a thread about about adjusting the door after I changed the body mounts on my truck.
EDIT: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=772583
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