Re: Door Adjustments

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

After having done more than 1 door adjustment I also agree that most 
of the time I can do a "door adjustment" by just replacing the strut. 
Some of the adjustments I have done were to LOOSEN the torsion bar. I 
find it is best if the owner can agree to have the doors open pretty 
much by themselves but not all the way. My major test is if the door 
will stay open when opened all the way. This way there is no "bounce". 
I find it scary to see the door bounce. If you understood the amount 
of leverage in the door system and the stresses on the roof from 
having the doors open too energetically you might also loosen the bars 
to get rid of the "bounce". (Watch the anchors when you open the door 
and bounce it). I think if you have the door launchers you may need to 
tighten up a little more but realize that the struts are very 
sensitive to temperature. If we all lobby the venders maybe on the 
next batch of struts they can be made with a temperature compensating 
valve inside so they are less sensitive to changes in temperature. DO 
NOT TIGHTEN THE TORSION BARS TO COMPENSATE FOR AGING, WEAK STRUTS. 
When you finaly do replace the struts then you will REALLY see 
"bounce"!!!! BTW not all struts from all venders are equal. The latest 
from P. J. Grady seem to have a retarding effect in the last part of 
the opening of the door minimizing "bounce". Another little tip is to 
cut a small piece of rubber from an inner tube and stick it between 
the rear hinge and where the torsion bar passes by so it cannot get 
scratched. when adjusting torsion bars they can move around and touch 
the hinge, if scratched then the bar will fail.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Murray Fisher" <murrayf@xxxx> wrote:
> FYI, five years ago when I purchased my D, I had new door struts 
installed
> as the doors both dropped pretty good...it did SOME correction but 
still
> needed the torsion bar adjusted. As no one around here to do it, I 
built the
> jig and got the tools and with the help of a friend, did it 
myself....they
> were fine.....over the last few months they began to droop again. I 
thought
> I should start with new struts again, which I did, and then probably 
go the
> rest of the way, with the torsion bar adjust again. Got the new 
struts
> installed and could hardly believe that was all it took