Door sag

[kendelrio]

Ok gents-
I've tried and tried, but I cannot seem to get the sag out of my driver's door.

I've adjusted the hinges (I have found they move them in and out)



The doors themselves


And in the process got the gap too tight (Note the chipped paint)



I cannot seem to get the gap correct and have a good level door.



If I get the door to where it doesn't droop, the gap is too tight. If I open the gap, the door drops

Can someone please explain to me like I'm 5 how to adjust the thing please?

 

[NDT]

Could the entire back of the cab be tweaked forward a bit?

 

[kendelrio]

Could the entire back of the cab be tweaked forward a bit?

It's possible, this *is* an almost 60 year old vehicle, but the passenger side is nice and level and the gap is beautiful.

 

[marchplumber]

You have the most amazing problems and solutions, Brother! Thanks for challenging and enlightening us!!

 

[kendelrio]

You have the most amazing problems and solutions, Brother! Thanks for challenging and enlightening us!!

Ummm thanks?

 

[marchplumber]

Ummm thanks?

Well, ya know we love ya, soooooooo

 

[ZiggyO]

I am willing to bet the pin on the upper hinge of the drivers door is shot-- We see that in my inlaws' body shop quite often. It makes sense that the driver's door is showing the issue and the pass door is perfect-- the drivers door sees the most use and many times is also used as a form of leverage to get behind the wheel.

Pull the hinges and sight down the hinges vertically-- I bet the pin is worn out or the hole worn to an oblong shape.

Z

 

[kendelrio]

I am willing to bet the pin on the upper hinge of the drivers door is shot-- We see that in my inlaws' body shop quite often. It makes sense that the driver's door is showing the issue and the pass door is perfect-- the drivers door sees the most use and many times is also used as a form of leverage to get behind the wheel.

Pull the hinges and sight down the hinges vertically-- I bet the pin is worn out or the hole worn to an oblong shape.

Z

So the fix for that is a "new" hinge?

 

[ZiggyO]

So the fix for that is a "new" hinge?

So in the auto body world, new hinges are the fix-- however, in the event that the hinge is not readily available, we use bronze bushings . It will require the services of a machine shop, but essentially, the hinge is drilled out on center, bushings pressed in, and a new pin inserted.

 

[canadacountry]

@kendelrio this is offtopic but when I noticed your saga I thought of an unrelated but similar headache-ish from my one trabant book..turns out that they fit the "raw" duroplast door panel onto a car then sandblast it to exact size hence since every car is 'bespoken', 30+ years later taking the driver door off one car and putting it onto another car does not always 100% fit well right away for this particular reason!

 

[kendelrio]

@kendelrio this is offtopic but when I noticed your saga I thought of an unrelated but similar headache-ish from my one trabant book..turns out that they fit the "raw" duroplast door panel onto a car then sandblast it to exact size hence since every car is 'bespoken', 30+ years later taking the driver door off one car and putting it onto another car does not always 100% fit well right away for this particular reason!

Interesting!