Door rubbing

[sy112]

It always seems to happen right after you get something new(to you anyway). But i have already had some damage to my truck. I was getting out the other day and we were having some hella strong wind here(20-30 mph gusts) and the wind caught my door and absolutely threw it open. Anyways after that my door has been rubbing with the front fender and is causing paint to actually chip off my door!!!!!!!! :x Naturally this does not make me happy. What i am wondering is if any of you have had you door rub and is it a pretty easy fix. I've never actually adjusted anything like this. I can't visually tell i bent anything but i had to because it is now rubbing. I'll post a pic and try to show you where exactly it is rubbing. DAMN IT!!!!!

 

[tigerwoods]

what apartments do you live at? cant wait to see the truck in real life.

 

[Tydriver]

Goto body shop, explain the situation and ask their opinion.... In other GM vehicles the door hinges are GLUED to the door frame and a real PITA to fix. Chances are they something got tweaked in the door itself or the hinge.. Wind is a real bitch to car doors ....


Good luck and let us know what you find.

 

[sy112]

AMLI at lexington farms. 131st and antioch. Man this sucks, i just got it. Well i guess i will try to play with it more when it warms up a bit, hopefully it can be a do at home fix. Hate paying other people to touch my truck!

 

[Ty0279]

Slam it back the other way. :wink:

 

[sy112]

God i wish it was that easy, it seems like this crap always happens when you get something new. I think i would like to hear other "tragic" stories of bad things happening to your trucks right after you bought them. Misery loves company :-?

 

[ABLITZ]

tranny went the 2nd day i had my TY.

 

[Loeryder]

Friend of mine ran his Ty through an auto car wash out of desperation.

He turned around to do somethin with his baby in the back seat and bumped the door which came open and was caught by the autpomated robotic arm and bent his drivers door a good 120* forward.
It not only tweaked the hinges but it twisted the front corner of the cab itself.

Anyhow, then he found out he had coolant in his oil and no compression in a couple cylinders.

He practically gave the truck away after that.

 

[sy112]

Upon further inspection i found a small hairline crack where the top hinge is "glued" or whatever to the cab. So aparantly the wind was blowing hard enough to break my to hinge lose. I guess i shouldn't complain, it looks like some people have had it a lot worse than me.

 

[Sy769]

Upon further inspection i found a small hairline crack where the top hinge is "glued" or whatever to the cab. So aparantly the wind was blowing hard enough to break my to hinge lose. I guess i shouldn't complain, it looks like some people have had it a lot worse than me.

Way to go El Leopardo. :roll: Just remove the F'n door. Don't need the extra weight anyways. :wink:

Hopefully you didn't bend the cab corner. If memory serves me correctly you can buy new hinges that get bolted in place. I'll have to look. Remove the door pins (WHEN THE WIND IS NOT BLOWING) and have a look at the pins,hinge brackets and cab area where the hinge is glued to the cab. The hinge pins are worn out on a lot of trucks anyway.

 

[sy112]

thanks for your input, extemely valuable as always Patrick. I'll get closer look after it warms up. Freakin cold here. Could just weld em shut and have the Dukes of Hazard thing goin on :drinking:

 

[Boostn]

tranny went the 2nd day i had my TY.

I have u beat, my tranny went as soon I got on the freeway from the seller's house. Yeah after I bought the Typhoon and test drove it and had it all checked out. What a lousy luck.

 

[DanenGraham]

on the way home from IL, to MO the heater core took a crap, the truck overheated, and got about 13mpg on the highway for 600 miles,

 

[sy112]

mine got about 15 mpg from dallas fort worth to kansas city. not to bad, but not goood either for running on stock boost

 

[TurboTony]

Contrary to popular belive the doors aren't really glued on. The hinges are welded to the doors and cab.

They are sealed with silicone to prevent corrosion of the weld. Thats the reason that replacement doors require a bolt on hinge kit.

The glue thing is an old wives tale, seen enough of them apart at the body shop :wink:


Tony

 

[sy112]

thanks for all the input, but i think with the crack on the weld it might be a little beyond my repair capability. Will be headed to a decent bodyshop as soon as i can to try to get it lined out, hate to see my bay in pain!!!!! :evil:

 

[myclone]

Contrary to popular belive the doors aren't really glued on. The hinges are welded to the doors and cab.

They are sealed with silicone to prevent corrosion of the weld. Thats the reason that replacement doors require a bolt on hinge kit.

The glue thing is an old wives tale, seen enough of them apart at the body shop :wink:


Tony

Ditto on what the Canadian said..

FWIW... Youve tweaked the cab corner where the door hinges are welded on. Two ways to fix it. One is kinda easy the other is not.

Easy way: loosen the fender at all its attaching points (you might have to yank the hood but then again you might not... you'll just have to see) then yank/tug/cuss the fender toward the front of the truck until the door will clear it. Retighten the bolts and youre done. This works only if their is enough "slop" in the holes that the mounting bolts go through in the fender to allow it to move enough to clear the door. The door/fender gap will prolly look like ass but you cant see it at 50ft or ~65mph and your door is still "sprung" and the gaps around it and the cab opening will look like ass (see above 50ft/65mph).

Hard way: remove the hood. Remove the fender. Lay aside so they dont get banged up or the wind doesnt blow them across the neighborhood (sorry, couldnt resist). Open the door about 1/3 of the way. Now get you a BFH and a block of wood (a 2x4 thats ~6" long will work). Position the end of the block of wood against one hinge so that when you strike the other end of the block it will drive the hinge back the opposite way the wind/door bent it. Whail on it two or three good times then stop. Repeat the previous step for the other hinge. Put the fender back on and check to see if you made any progress. No? Repeat BFH/wood/whailing again. Put fender on and check again. Did the hinge move? No? See above...... I think you get the idea now. Lotsa time spent putting on the fender and taking it off but look on the bright side.. You get to whail the hell outta your truck.

The above doesnt sound like a fun filled afternoon to you? Take it to any decent body shop and tell em what happened. They can fix it good as new in a day or two for a few bucks. Then again you didnt get the chance to beat the crap outta your truck like you would have if you did it yourself and us ppl that really wanna beat the crap outta our trucks wouldnt be envious of you.

 

[sy112]

beating the crap out of my truck sounds fun and all but with the weld cracked on the upper hinge wouldn't pounding it back in place kind of be a Band-Aid repair and not really fix the problem? I guess i will have to see how much the body shop would like to rape me for before i make any decisions. Love the BFH idea though!!!! 8)

 

[myclone]

Unless the weld is truely cracked or broken the body shop will repair a "sprung" welded on hinge the same way (unless the body man is lazy and uses the fram machine/porta power to do the work).