There are many reasons to remove the doors!!! I removed them because I was doing a complete repaint and wanted to do some repair in that area. I see no reason to work around the doors just to avoid realigning them. It is not hard to do. In my case I did not even use the doors that were on the body. Both were damaged and I had much better doors. I have removed many doors and never had more than a very little bit of trouble realigning. Most door alignment trouble is caused by loose hinges.

In addition, I did not say to remove the doors, I said that IF you remove the doors you had better make provision to avoid problems with the body when off the frame. Since I had to remove the doors I welded angle iron across the door opening.

Sam


At 01:28 PM 1/14/2004, Fred Thomas wrote:
> Since I won't be lifting by hand (the hoist's rated at
> 2 tons), I might as well leave the doors on.  In
> addition to resisting the taco effect, they won't have
> to be realigned that way.
>
> MDN
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I would never think of removing the doors, they are already fitted in place
and aligned, there are 3 things you need when removing a body from the
frame, 2 2 X 4's, 4 people and a "shotgun", the 2 X 4's go under the body
close to the wheel wells, 2 people on each side lift the body off and either
sit it on blocks or the floor, thats it, oh the shotgun is to shoot anyone
trying to lift from the front or rear, I have no idea where the idea got
started about removing the doors !!  "FT"

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