Rick, You are right. Hinges first. Crack the door open and try to lift the back
of the door up and down to check for worn hinges. Fix as needed. As fas as door
adjustments it is easier with the fenders off, but there is a tool made to
access the hinge bolts. Older body shops usually have one. You might be better
off the find a shop that can do this for you. Two or three shims at the fender
brace are normal but may not be needed in your case. Get the door right before
moving forward to the fender.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Schaefer
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Fender-Door Gap Adjustment
Took a good look at all that you have mentioned. Problems everywhere!
The door to rocker gaps are incorrect. Both sides are tilted slightly back
towards the rear. The drivers side core support bushing looks like it has an
extra washer or 2 under it - compared to passenger side. The drivers fender
bolt at the hood hinge has 2 shims and the passenger side looks like it has 2
plus a thinner shim.
From Mikes answer I'd guess that the first order of business is to square
the doors. Is there a way to be certain that the problem is not sloppy
hinges? The painter rebuilt one side & replaced the other when it was
painted but its been a while. Also it looks like it would be a bunch easier
to remove the fenders to make the hinge adjustments. True?
Thats enough questions for tonite, anymore & I'll get confused/more confused.
Thanx.
On 8/14/07, Dave Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have had to Space up the rad support before. Not sure if it was a body,
rad mount problem or if the car got bent?
Dave
Ingersoll,Ontario
My Web Site: http://members.tripod.com/benj30/
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Schaefer
To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 2:37 PM
Subject: [Chevelle-list] Fender-Door Gap Adjustment
I'm finally getting round to try to even out the door to fender gap
on my 72 elky. Both sides are equally bad, a good gap at the bottom & then
widen out significantly at the top. I believe that the doors are hung
straight because the door to rear quarter panels have an even gap. Pictures
are at link below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157601417827062/
It appears to me that the same adjustment is out of whack on both sides,
but which one? I've never messed with the panels so want to get some advice
before I loosen the fenders.
Is it possible that frame sag is pulling the front of both fenders in?
The body & core support bushings were replaced with poly about 10 years ago.
Honestly I don't remember if I had the problem before it was painted (years ago
also). Painter did take the fenders & doors offback then.
thank you.
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Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino
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