[DML] Re: Removing right door

[CBL302@xxxx]

In a message dated 1/29/00 11:07:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, dmcjoe@xxxx 
writes:

<< 
WARNING! This information is incorrect and could cause serious damage to the
door hinge and mounting hardware. The torsion bar must be removed before
attempting removal of the door. (workshop manual P:02:06)
>>
Joe,I know you are set in your ways of doing things,and you go by the 
workshop manual,but sometimes there are better ways and easier ways to do 
things,and I have been into working on Deloreans since 1981,and I have found 
thru experience that this IS THE SAFEST WAY of replacing a DOOR only,like you 
said IT IS very very DANGEROUS for a inexperienced person to try to Remove 
the torsion bar,than to just LEAVE the torsion bar alone and JUST remove the 
door in itself,(not the torsion bar or its working that stays as set at the 
factory on the car)it is NO big deal,it involves about the same amount of 
time as removing a regular car door,also it DOES not and CANNOT cause ANY 
kind of damage if common sense is used,the main thing in removing the door 
without touching or removing the torsion bar is to have the door fully 
supported in the fully open position,and only removing the (4)bolts that go 
thru the swivel part of the hinge
that go into the door in itself,and NOT any bolts that hold down the hinges 
to the black body or the torsion bar,NEVER touch or loosen those bolts unless 
the pressure is removed from the torsion bar,also before the door is 
reinstalled remove the two door lock strikers p/n 105569,so as to be able to 
align the door without locking the door, reinstall after the door is aligned.

Claude
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