Help with door alignment

[hugger6933]

Grab the back of your door and see if you can shake it up and down. If there is any slack there it needs to be taken out before going forward. Just remember the body side bolts will adjust the door forwards and backwards. the door side hinge bolts will adjust the door in and out. Now you can if needed get a small amount of twist in either one with the use of a shim. but looking at the pics of the truck in question I say it hopefully needs some bushings in the hinges. That will be a lot easier to fix than will loosening the hinge bolts with the fenders on with out the fender wrench. If you don't have the special Kent Moore wrench or the Snap-On cousin, maybe try a Crescent [not wrench but shape] wrench to see if it will work a lot of times they will. I hope I have at least not done any harm in you trying to adjust the door on your truck. Jim

[DylanVK]

Thanks for all the help... I'll be giving some of these suggestions a try this weekend. Also cutting out the rollpan and hideous tail lights installed by the previous owner and reinstalling a modded stock bumper - more pics of that little project to come.

Originally Posted by notsolo

How are the hinges any movement when you lift the door?

A tiny bit... just enough to pull up and avoid the rub, so I've take to (at least for now) pulling up a little on the door handle when closing the door to avoid making the rub spot worse.

Originally Posted by SuperC10Tex

Loosen top cap hinge bolts, use a floor jack with a 2x4, left off center on the door....."just a bit", tighten bolts and see what you get! Play with it!!! Oh, loving the Color, more pics please????

Thanks... and heres a few pics of my baby

Originally Posted by 67ctener

Idk how to fix it but beautiful paint

Thank you!

Originally Posted by hugger6933

Grab the back of your door and see if you can shake it up and down. If there is any slack there it needs to be taken out before going forward. Just remember the body side bolts will adjust the door forwards and backwards. the door side hinge bolts will adjust the door in and out. Now you can if needed get a small amount of twist in either one with the use of a shim. but looking at the pics of the truck in question I say it hopefully needs some bushings in the hinges. That will be a lot easier to fix than will loosening the hinge bolts with the fenders on with out the fender wrench. If you don't have the special Kent Moore wrench or the Snap-On cousin, maybe try a Crescent [not wrench but shape] wrench to see if it will work a lot of times they will. I hope I have at least not done any harm in you trying to adjust the door on your truck. Jim

Great input... thank you. I may have to track down my buddy in the snapon truck this week and try to grab that wrench from him.

[RenoKeene]

A bit of good advice...get yourself some 3m painters tape and tape all the edges of the door and the cab before you start adjusting. Hate to see anymore chips in that pretty paint job.

[Lemield]

Hey DylanVK,

I have a door holding jack that makes working on doors much easier. I used it on my truck(s) and it's just sitting in my attic right now. You are most welcome to borrow it if you want to. I'm in Arvada. Just let me know.


Oh...and your truck is beautiful.