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Subject:Re: Front door adjustment question
From:Jim Felder
Date:Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:17:50 -0600

It's all going to depend on what happened to your van. A tree happened to
mine, in reverse, in the dark, with the door open enough for me to look out
and back the car. Now the rear of the car sports a Hella Airport operated
from the driver's seat so that kind of dynamic adjustment won't happen
again.

Jim

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Yes, but I think you have the shim position, for my problem, not quite
> right.
>
> The hinge plates attach to the forward side of the body flange. So to
> raise the rear of my door I would add shim between body and top hinge plate.
>
> That would rotate the door anti clockwise, looking at the door from the
> side of the van.
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
> > On Feb 16, 2015, at 10:41 PM, Scott Daniel Foss <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've put a shim between the body and the lower hinge,
> > to move the lover hinge pivot point aft slightly, and thus lifting up
> the aft edge of the door to fix this.
> >  It's fiddly ..
> > like tight odd access , but doable.
> >
> > S.
> >> On 2/15/2015 7:59 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> >> My drivers side front door has a little bit of sag. It feels like it
> comes off resting n the latch when opened. I have adjusted front doors a
> few times, and I understand the adjustments allowed in the system. But what
> I need is sort of like shimming the hinge plates or getting new hinge pins.
> >>
> >> You know what I mean? As if the hinge pins are loose enough to allow a
> little drop when door opened.
> >>
> >> It's a very little amount right now, but I'd like to deal with it. Does
> anyone understand what I am trying to explain and have a solution?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Alistair
> >
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