So my 73 Bronco had, keyword had, pretty good door gap alignment. The one exception was the passenger side had a small door to body rub. I've made it worse by installing new WH weather stripping on both doors. The prior owner had left the rubber sections of the weather stripping that mount to the door body pillars in tact, but cut the remaining stripping off. That was replaced by adhesive backed square soft foam rubber insulation. The doors opened and closed real good.
As part of my active projects, I installed new door handles and weather stripping at the same time. When I first went to shut the doors, they wouldn't close. I then adjusted the body mount door pin to see if that would help. It did, by my door gaps were nowhere near as good as before. The next thing I found was that the doors had to be forced shut (slammed). I assumed the rubber would soften up over time. I did some trim work to make it better, but it didn't solve the problem. After about a week, one of the new interior door handle rod retaining clips popped out as the pressure to open the door is to great.
So what should I do? I'm afraid to start adjusting the door hinges as I fear I will go down a path of no return. I've also read where others have had similar issues with weather stripping.
Advice is needed. Thanks
As part of my active projects, I installed new door handles and weather stripping at the same time. When I first went to shut the doors, they wouldn't close. I then adjusted the body mount door pin to see if that would help. It did, by my door gaps were nowhere near as good as before. The next thing I found was that the doors had to be forced shut (slammed). I assumed the rubber would soften up over time. I did some trim work to make it better, but it didn't solve the problem. After about a week, one of the new interior door handle rod retaining clips popped out as the pressure to open the door is to great.
So what should I do? I'm afraid to start adjusting the door hinges as I fear I will go down a path of no return. I've also read where others have had similar issues with weather stripping.
Advice is needed. Thanks