Re: [DMCForum] Serious door alignment issue

[jordan rubin <nuttenschleuder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Walter, 

   Ive looked at an adjustment shift as a possibility.
 There seems to be no way from what I can see that an
adjustment bolt had shifted.

    Correct me when Im wrong here but.

   The two bolts holding the door to the hinge have
not shifted any notable amount if at all.

   The bolts that move the door a little front and
back dont come into play here because that alignment
looks ok "per se".

   The only thing I can think of is where the actual
hinge connects to the car.  There is a possibility the
hinge can be bent, but hard to tell, the only other
idea is where the hinge mounts to the car itself.

Its worth mentioning that it was closed with enough
force to crack the windshield.  Perhaps a fiber glass
damage possibility isnt far off.

   I spoke to Ed Uding in Holland about the posibility
of fabrication a retaining bracket from stainless
should that be an issue.  Have you ever seen this on a
damaged car.


Thanx

Jordan
 



--- Walter Coe <Whalt@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jordan, I finally got a chance to look at the
> photos.  It
> looks like either the hinge is raised up or bent or
> the
> adjustment slipped.
> 
> The most likely would be a slipped adjustment, but
> the
> problem looks far worse than what an adjustment can
> do.
> Some background: A previous owner of my daily driver
> had
> removed the lower/inner bolt that holds the front
> hinge to
> the drivers door.  Then they replaced it with a
> smaller bolt
> and somehow managed to put a nut inside the door to
> hold it.
> It was always loose and sloppy until I took the door
> off and
> put a new threaded plate in the door.  The original
> plate
> had the threads stripped out.  Evidently they tried
> to
> adjust the hinge without releasing the torsion bar. 
> I don't
> see how anything can be done with that hinge while
> the
> torsion bar is in there.
> 
> The next thing I would suspect is that the hinge is
> bent,
> but I cannot tell from the photos.  You may have to
> take the
> door off, hold a straight edge to the hinge and
> compare with
> another.
> 
> Even tho the hinge looks high, I dont see how this
> can raise
> up without major fiberglass damage.  If this was it
> then it
> would be obvious.
> 
> Walt
> 
> 



            
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