Door Shim
Feb 12, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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From: Brandon Ms
Door Shim
Where can you buy Door Shims to take play out of a door and are they hard to install?
Feb 12, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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Corvette Central has them for I think $ 4.50 each. The bolts for the upper hinge inside the car are the hardest ones to get to on my 73 the rest are fairly easy. The attachment is from their web site.
Feb 12, 2007 | 09:59 PM
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If you have play in your door, you probably need new hinge pins and bushings. Shims just help line the door up.
Feb 12, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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i agree with bondoboy, but where actually is the play you are talking about
Feb 12, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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bondoboy
If you have play in your door, you probably need new hinge pins and bushings. Shims just help line the door up.
Shims are not wear absorbers. They are alignment devices.
Feb 13, 2007 | 10:37 AM
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It is in the up and down movement
Feb 13, 2007 | 10:37 AM
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Feb 13, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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It is in the up and down movement
Not shims. Hinge bushings and pins or loose hinges.
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Feb 13, 2007 | 12:43 PM
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From: Brandon Ms
Shims are not wear absorbers. They are alignment devices.
