The door on my '57 Chevy truck is sagging. The gap along the back of the door and cab is nada. I tried loosening the hinges and lifting and then retightening and still no gap. There seems to be some play in the hinge but it's not in the bolt mounting areas. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas on fixing this?
These doors are heavy. Make sure the lower front cab corners and hinge areas are good and solid. There should be 3 bolts holding the hinges onto the cab. I would also check the lower door side hinge mounting plates to see if you have any rot or they are bent or loose from broken welds there causing issues.
if i remember right, forward and back adjustments are made by removing the hinge covers on the DOOR up and down are done through the hinge. there is also a bolt from in the wheel well if i remember right.
Thanks guys. I checked for rot and bent hinges. There was a little rust on the bottom cab side but I couldn't get it to move when I pushed and pulled on it. Maybe I just need to loosen it all up again and come back and re align it. I thought maybe there was a hinge kit or common fix that I was missing. Thanks guys
check the pockets on the actual door. If spot welds or weld nuts loose you will be adjusting the hinges all day and not making any progress.
Can you lift up on the door and get movement out of it? Take a few pictures of the hinges and how far it is from latching.
Was the door like this before the wreck? If not the cowel could be back causing your problem. Seen a lot of this from collision repair. Does not take much to a hit to do this.
This is where you should start. It's real common for the lower mounting point on the door to be cracked, so the hinge just flops around even when the bolts holding it on are tight. On a few of them, I've made a cover plate to go over the hinge, like the upper hinge has, it really adds needed strength.
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