Sagging Doors?
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From: The Great State of WI
Sagging Doors?
To update all who read about me being stuck in my rider's seat here is an update.
Long story short, I did get the door open finally. :yesnod:
But the door remains extremely difficult to open. From what I can tell after cleaning the mechanism and looking it over is that it seems to be working fine. :confused:
In my mind the next problem I can think of is that the door is sagging just enough to make it hard to operate.
Anybody else gone through this? I'd love to hear suggestions and solutions. :cheers:
[Modified by bart15, 1:24 PM 1/8/2004]
Long story short, I did get the door open finally. :yesnod:
But the door remains extremely difficult to open. From what I can tell after cleaning the mechanism and looking it over is that it seems to be working fine. :confused:
In my mind the next problem I can think of is that the door is sagging just enough to make it hard to operate.
Anybody else gone through this? I'd love to hear suggestions and solutions. :cheers:
[Modified by bart15, 1:24 PM 1/8/2004]
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Re: Sagging Doors? (bart15)
If the door is sagging enough to effect operation and:
1) the hinges aren't worn, adjust the hinges to correct alignment
2) the hinges are worn, replace the hinges and do #1, if necessary
1) the hinges aren't worn, adjust the hinges to correct alignment
2) the hinges are worn, replace the hinges and do #1, if necessary
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Re: Sagging Doors? (bart15)
maybe the hinges are aligned differently?
i donno if they both adjust, but if say; one was down and the other was up, then that would make it nice and hard to open/close.
i expect that the procedure to adjust the hinges are in any of the manuals.. right guys?
i donno if they both adjust, but if say; one was down and the other was up, then that would make it nice and hard to open/close.
i expect that the procedure to adjust the hinges are in any of the manuals.. right guys?
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From: Lenexa KS
Re: Sagging Doors? (85RIT)
You can't really tell if the hinges are worn just by looking. The way to tell is to open the door about 6 inches and pick up of the rear of the door. If you can feel play in the hinges they are worn.
The hinges can be rebushed fairly cheaply. If they're not too worn you can simply loosen the bolts that hold the hinges to the body to adust the door. That's what I did on my 85.
Mine wasn't hard to open but was hard to close.
The hinges can be rebushed fairly cheaply. If they're not too worn you can simply loosen the bolts that hold the hinges to the body to adust the door. That's what I did on my 85.
Mine wasn't hard to open but was hard to close.
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From: "Drive like Hell, you'll get there faster." Tucson AZ
Re: Sagging Doors? (85RIT)
Lube everything up with WD-40...maybe its just stiff....
Thats just a simple, "give it a try" fix! :seeya
Thats just a simple, "give it a try" fix! :seeya
:iagree: I was just gonna say that. My doors were squeaking like super loud after a rain about 3 weeks ago. I sprayed em down with WD-40 and they're even more silent than they were when they were normally operating. Might fix the sagging aspect too. :lurk:
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Re: Sagging Doors? (bart15)
Just a thought, shortly after I got my '96, the driver's door was doing the same. All it took was replacing the pins that run verticle through the hinge, as that's all that was worn. They were pretty cheap, if I recall, though I don't remember the exact cost. Just thought it might be something to consider, maybe have someone at the dealership look at it if you can't tell. Would hate for you to buy the wrong parts. Good luck.
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Re: Sagging Doors? (MaSTeRofDZaSTeR)
: My doors were squeaking like super loud after a rain about 3 weeks ago. I sprayed em down with WD-40 and they're even more silent than they were when they were normally operating. Might fix the sagging aspect too. :lurk:
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Re: Sagging Doors? (xs650)
The C4, for the most part, has a LOT of flex. Is your car parked on an even surface? Is the top on or off? If it's off and parked on an UNeven surface, this is probably your problem.
If not, and this happened all of a sudden--AND you REALLY don't think there is anything wrong with the hinge, could someone have driven the poopiee out of it and possibly hit something, bottomed out, twisted or bent the frame somehow? *SOMETHING happened to cause your door to not close properly, whether it's the hinge or not.
I say put it up on a lift and check things out...after you thoroughly question your teen children, the wife, and anyone else who could have possibly beat your car into the ground.
Sorry to hear about this, bro :nonod:
If not, and this happened all of a sudden--AND you REALLY don't think there is anything wrong with the hinge, could someone have driven the poopiee out of it and possibly hit something, bottomed out, twisted or bent the frame somehow? *SOMETHING happened to cause your door to not close properly, whether it's the hinge or not.
I say put it up on a lift and check things out...after you thoroughly question your teen children, the wife, and anyone else who could have possibly beat your car into the ground.
Sorry to hear about this, bro :nonod:
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Racer
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From: The Great State of WI
Re: Sagging Doors? (C-4 Cross Fire)
The C4, for the most part, has a LOT of flex. Is your car parked on an even surface? Is the top on or off? If it's off and parked on an UNeven surface, this is probably your problem.
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Re: Sagging Doors? (bart15)
Just checked back issues, and the post said:
1. Just loosen the bottom door hinge bolts
2. With floor jack, jack up the door
3. Then tighten bolts
Note: It said to take a measure when trying to close the door about how far off, then measure floor to back door edge, and jack up the difference...
Haven't tried yet, but my pass door a little hard to close... so gonna try
1. Just loosen the bottom door hinge bolts
2. With floor jack, jack up the door
3. Then tighten bolts
Note: It said to take a measure when trying to close the door about how far off, then measure floor to back door edge, and jack up the difference...
Haven't tried yet, but my pass door a little hard to close... so gonna try
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From: Lenexa KS
Re: Sagging Doors? (6318)
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GM dealership can do it. It consists of replacing the pins and bushings. Not a hard job to do yourself except for crimping the new pins. The dealership is likely to quote a pretty high price for the work though
I suspect I'm having the hinge problem, myself.
Where to you get them refurbished?
Where to you get them refurbished?