64V2488 Rehabilitation

16 May 2006

Backtracking a bit......

If you look at the inside door gaps, the drivers side is way off at the top....

The passenger side is very uniform

A closer look shows the outer door gap to be 9/16" at the widest ( unadjusted)

Compared to the passenger side..

The front DS is uniform down the weatherstrip channel and small adjustments here get magnified at the lock pillar

In order the reduce the lock pillar gap, The previously tacked floor has to be undone from the sub floor box, front brace and hinge pillar

What has to happen, is the hinge pillar must be separated from the floor pan. This will allow the lock pillar to be moved closer, then refastened.

Once the floor is free, adjusting rods are fastened to the jambs.

When the rods bring the sides together correctly, then the floor is screwed down again and rewelded

So we go from this ---->

To this

This was a lot of work for a small adjustment, but worth the effort. You might say it wasn't an option and had to be done. This is the first attempt at this kind of job,, so a few small drawbacks have to be expected. Nothing was lost from the initial work on the DS floor. It's all an education...

Adjusting the door is almost as much work.....