A while back I posted how I detected some play in the, and I assumed upper, hinge pin in driver side door. This allowed the door to drop ever so slightly when opened.

The proper fix would be a new pin, but that's beyond me right now. What I did manage to do was to insert two washers between the door hinge and the body part that the hinge is bolted to. To raise the door slightly I had to place them there, and that is on the forward surface of the body part that gets the door hinge. The washers were a tad under 1mm thick and was enough to bring the door back into alignment with the body panels on the body. I tired shim stock first but it took much more thickness than I expected and it ended up that washers were the answer. It is a bit fiddly to get the washers in there.

After I got the door in line with the body I adjusted the striker plate and all is well now. I don't feel that annoying drop when I open the door.

I still would like to fix it with a new pin, but I think that's going to be a bit of an involved process with an over sized pin and reaming the hinge.

Alistair