[DMCForum] Re: Driver's door alignment?

["mw98gt" <mw98gt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well I went down earlier and loosened the rear striker.  I did not 
realize they have play and can be moved around.  I just moved the 
striker inward as far as it could go and the problem is solved.  I 
wish I knew it was this easy a couple months ago, but it wasnt too 
bad until i got the car back together after the wings-aloft install.

Misha

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mw98gt" <mw98gt@xxxx> wrote:
> How are these pins moved?  It is off probably by like 1/8th of an 
> inch.  Dont worry about the water, I am just grateful you had a 
> latch.  I will try to get one soon.  I stopped at a gas station on 
> my way out.  I bought a 32oz water bottle and drank it all before 
i 
> reached 275, it was sooo hot and I was sooo thirsty.
> 
> Misha
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> > On most doors that I have adjusted, I find that the front of
> > the door dips down lower and needs to be adjusted higher.
> > I'm not sure if it can be corrected with a hinge adjustment.
> > It seems that the doors are twisted -- like they all were
> > made wrong.  Even doors that close like new refrigerators
> > still remain too low on the front.  Or is the fender & hood
> > too high?  One day I'm going to remove the glass and twist
> > the damn door into the shape that I think it needs to be.
> > The painted passenger door that came from Samuel's car can't
> > be made any worse. ;-)
> > 
> > Anyway, what I find that works for adjusting these doors is
> > to put a piece of tape over the latch pin and then close the
> > door gently over it.  If one side marks harder than the
> > other side then the pin needs to be moved.  The other trick
> > when moving these pins is to recognize the two main vectors
> > and not accidentally change one while adjusting the other.
> > Sometimes it helps to completely remove the front or rear
> > pin so that misplacement of it won't interfere with
> > adjusting the remaining pin.  It helps to figure out what is
> > going wrong when things are bent up from an accident.
> > 
> > I think that the only way to keep these pins from relocating
> > on their own is to cut away the plastic trim under it so
> > that the pin and the spacers behind hit rest on metal and
> > not plastic.  Later VINs were done this way.  Earlier VINs
> > like my 03633 are not.
> > 
> > Hope this helps, Misha,
> > Oh and sorry about not having any water here.  The tap water
> > tastes bad.  I was out of bottled water.  And since my Mom
> > lives a few blocks away, I usually run there for basic
> > necessities.
> > 
> > Walt

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