

| Subject: | Re: Hard shutting front doors |
| From: | Jim Felder |
| Date: | Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:36:36 -0600 |
I tried this, but on succeeded in bending the door more. You can't tell, but I know it's there... Jim On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Bill M <billmonk@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim > I fixed a drivers door that had the same thing happen. I was backing up and with the door open. Stopped just in front of a tall post. �I put the van in park and it still rolled back three inches. The open door hitting the post stopped it. > It was forced down and the bottom front hinge was tweaked. By taking a block of wood and a floor jack I pushed the door up. Got it close enough to make it close and not rattle. It was fine for several years until I sold it because of other rust issues. > > Bill > > On Mar 4, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> Drivers door... probably most of the problems are on the driver's >> side. In my case, the problem came from stupidly backing into a >> campsite and not noticing the tree that caught the door. It stretched >> the door open, and now you have to slam it. I can't put my finger >> exactly on what is wrong, so it is hard to say what to fix, but when >> the door is closed, the bottom of the door rubs on the rear sill. >> Maybe this thread will motivate me to get out and think about the >> problem some more. >> >> Anybody else done this to a driver's door? >> >> Jim >> >> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Rey Wood <boscobelle@live.com> wrote: >>> Yes, I've had this problem ever since 1984 when I purchased my Westfalia >>> new but just on the passenger door. Have tried every possible adjustment >>> but to date it is still much harder to close than the driver's door!!
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