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Driver door wouldn't line up $.02 cent fix


eprovenzano

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Nov 17, 2008
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City
Wellsburg, WV
Vehicle Year
1989
Transmission
Manual
On my son's BII the driver door wouldn't line up, you had to lift up on the door to close it. To compound the problem, the hinges were modified so the doors are removable. I adjusted the door hinges, gained a small fraction. To adjust the hinges The top hinge had a little (tiny) bit of play, but not enough to warrant changing it out. I was showing this to a friend of mine, as I was using his (heated) garage this past weekend. He suggested adding a washer or two behind the bolts where the bottom hinges attaches to the door. My son stopped by last night (for money, damn college students) so for giggles we tried the $.02 cent fix. The door hung too low about 3/8 of an inch. We added 2 washers behind the bottom bolt of the bottom hinge, and one washer to the top of the bottom hinge. The door in now very close to being dead on, if anything its a little high (1/16 of an inch). Now it closes with ease... Without the washes as spacers for me it was a pain in the arse to close the door. My son was used to it. Now works like its supposed to...

There's nothing like backyard mechanical fixes.... just thought I'd share :icon_cheers:
 
Nice fix!

Yeah, hinges tend to 'sag' out over time. It happens.
 

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