47-55.1 Door adjustment

[Matt_50]

I rebuilt my hinges and I can get the driver door adjusted pretty good. Problem is my passenger door. I can get the spacing right vertically and horizontally but can I make the door lean in and out?

The top of the door is towards the cab and the bottom comes out away from the cab. Can this be adjusted? Doesnt seem to be much room in the hinge pockets to elongate the hinge bolt holes....

[mr48chev]

I'm thinking that you have tweak the hinge a bit (or untweak it) to get the door to move straight in or out. That might be one for Brian to answer beyond that though. He's the real body man in this bunch.

[MiraclePieCo]

mr48chev is right. This guy posted how-to pics:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...2&postcount=17

[MARTINSR]

I put nuts back in at the inner bolt point that they didn't use on these trucks! This way you can move the inner part of the hinge in and out moving the actual hinge pin which is what moves the door in and out the most! Unlike the stupid adjustment they have simply with the three bolts going into the cab, that allows it to move next to NOTHING.

Brian

[Matt_50]

I'm not visualizing it. You put nuts where?

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by Matt_50

I'm not visualizing it. You put nuts where?

On the inside of the cowl sides on the backside of the brackets that hold the hinges. That one deep inside, that wasn't used until later, at least on the 55 Chevy passenger car they had one, don't know about others. But for some reason on these trucks, there is a hole there, and in the hinge but no bolt was used there. You see, back there is where the hinge pin is, so if you move that hinge pin out or in a 1/16" it's going to move the door in or out a 1/16"! Unlike if you move the hinge it's self with the three bolts in the door jam an 1/8" it's not going to move the door not even the 1/16"! It just can't, it pivots and doesn't move the PIN which is what is needed.

That bolt back there gives you a lot more control, you can push it out or in a bunch.

Brian

[Matt_50]

Huh, I didn't even notice. So I can stick a bolt through there and tighten it up... it'll move the pin.

What if I need to "pull" that spot out instead of tightening and "pushing it in?

So that nut you weld into place? How did you get to the backside of that hinge support?

[MARTINSR]

That's the thing Matt, I don't think it will go in "forward" much at all, the point is if you push that part of the left or right as you are looking at it like in the photo it's going to move that pin left or right which is moving the front of the door in or out.

I replaced the inner cowl "kick panel" so when it was out I made the "nut" out of a piece of quarter inch flat stock, drilled and tapped threads in it then welded it in before I made the new kick panel and welded it in.

Brian

[68blackbird]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

mr48chev is right. This guy posted how-to pics:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...2&postcount=17

Thanks for this! I too had the bigger seals, no go. Bottom half of door was out about 3/16". Did the hinge tweak, took 3 tries to get it right, removed seals, all lines up now....now need to get correct door seals. Kel

[my56chevytruck]

Originally Posted by Matt_50

I rebuilt my hinges and I can get the driver door adjusted pretty good. Problem is my passenger door. I can get the spacing right vertically and horizontally but can I make the door lean in and out?

The top of the door is towards the cab and the bottom comes out away from the cab. Can this be adjusted? Doesnt seem to be much room in the hinge pockets to elongate the hinge bolt holes....

do you think tweaking the door using a 2x4 inside the door jam up against the door and while pushing slowly against the door against the 2x4?

[Matt_50]

Maybe to push the upper out a bit, but the bottom needs to go in

[NorCalGal]

It’s been a while since I did mine but I took my torch to the bend in the hinge. Take the hinge off and put it in the closed position in front of you and you should be able to pin point where to bend to move the door in and out but be careful not to change the horz a vert while doing it. I know it didn’t take much to change it though.