Door Alignment HELP

[jmhend]

No shim at all. If I installed a shim or spacer, it might solve my problem. Should there be one?

btw, welcome and man you have one of the hardest items to tackle in your first few posts. I have faith you will get there, time, patience and and extra set of hands are all your friends.

 

[DeepC73]

So here is where I am at with both doors. It is kicking my a$$. I have moved them, the top and body-mounts until I am blue in the face. The passenger door keeps randomly coming unlatched while riding down the road also. Any input is appreciated.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0_dJ_PLFVpFVdAq1TxpfPhfoQ

 

[Rustytruck]

the door latch opening check where the door latch is actually locking on the door post. on my bronco I had to add 2 factory shims on the post to get it deeper in the door. door was latching too far on the end hanging up on the head of the door post and the structure of the door latch. you could see impact marks on the door latch. How much is the door climbing when it goes over the post?

 

[Crawdad]

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[DeepC73]

UPDATE: I discovered the PO did not put bolts back in the windshield, on both sides. That allowed/caused the top to push the windshield forward, causing the uneven gap in the pics between the windshield and the top door/window frame. I knew it had to be something like that since it was the same on both sides. The reason I didn’t notice it is because my dash is covered. the PO had it done. They didn’t I stall bolts before covering it. They were using the hardtop to hold the windshield in place. Now that I have the windshield tightened at the correct angle, the top is too far forward. The rails that slide into the vertical pillars and the rear corners in the hardtop will not allow the top to be moved to the rear. Has anyone else seen this before. I basically need the top to go back about 1/2” to make it line up with the windshield. Currently the front of the top sticks out too far past the windshield.

 

[broncorick]

Also make sure you measure opening dimensions.