another option is to jack the top mounting point on the pillars. not just pushing it back but "twisting" it. with doors off, hinges on, you can push on the outermost part (hinge pin) and easily gain more clearance than you ever could jacking the door. downside is this is very time consuming! 1/32" too far and door back off, pull hinge back, door back on and check again.Fcat wrote:Not hijacking thread, but...
I did this a few months back, also had to reinforce the door where it had been flexing under stress from worn hinges. Only issue is door adjustment - or lack of. Even with my 'new' hinges having almost zero play, the doors are still dropped so they don't close well.
With the lack of any obvious fix for this, I was thinking of 're-educating' the doors with a jack under rear edge - can anyone think of something less brutal to try first?
Fcat wrote:Not hijacking thread, but...
I did this a few months back, also had to reinforce the door where it had been flexing under stress from worn hinges. Only issue is door adjustment - or lack of. Even with my 'new' hinges having almost zero play, the doors are still dropped so they don't close well.
With the lack of any obvious fix for this, I was thinking of 're-educating' the doors with a jack under rear edge - can anyone think of something less brutal to try first?
VANagain wrote:There's also the bodyshop technique of (slowly) slamming the door with a 2x4 wedged into the proper place between the door and door frame to realign things. But here's something to check for before you resort to these measures: Look for cracks in the door metal where the hinge bolts to it. The thin metal gets stress cracks over the years and they might get worse from the strain of jacking the door around. Sometimes you can strengthen it by adding a large washer under the bolt but it could require some welding to regain the structure of the door.
by smittyG10 Sat May 16, 2020 9:59 pm
