Some may not like it... but I have used a floor jack and a 4x4 on the bottom
of the door (flat area, not edge) to "gently" adjust it back into alignment.
Many times, the door just get tweaked down a bit.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 8:49 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Front door adjustment question

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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