

| 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 > > > > -- > > <smallest version.jpg> >
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