Passenger Door Dropped

battenberg · Jul 20, 2009

My 300 tdi front passenger door has dropped very slightly. It's about 1-2mm off the striker, making it difficult to open and shut...

Anyone know if it can be adjusted or is it new hinges time?

Cheers.

Paul D · Jul 20, 2009

Easily adjustable.

The hinges have a number of spacer plates behind the hinge/bolt, remove some/add some as necessary to get it level ... made a world of difference to the sound and feel of mine.

Be careful ... they're slotted, you DON'T need to undo the bolts all the way, the nuts will fall down inside the door if you do, guess how I know!!

battenberg · Jul 20, 2009

thanks Paul, I havent even looked at it yet... this is a good starting block.

The Mad Hat Man · Jul 20, 2009

300TDi must be different to a 200TDi - my 200 doesnt have slotted shims - and the nuts are captive.

Paul D · Jul 20, 2009

Yeah, I hadn't read the book and assumed they were captive as I'd 'done' a mates 200 Tdi the week before .. not slotted spacers either! Had to take the door card off, etc etc etc ... dead easy job turned into a right b'stard!!

vivnap · Jul 21, 2009

if your door has dropped slightly all you need to do is open the door so its just clear of the striker hold the bottom of the door with both hands and give it a few sharp, hard pulls upwards. the door will once again shut as it should. you might have to do this a few times in order to get it to 'lift'.

dont worry about bending the door unless your stronger than arnie ! its a trick we used on accident damaged vehicles that had been repaired and needed a final bit of adjustment

you would be amazed at what can be forced and bent on the doors in order to get them to shut right.

breakers · Jul 21, 2009

I 've done this several times and have also been amazed by the results, it seems to work on any car too

Passenger Door Dropped

battenberg

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Paul D

Old, nackered 'n broke, but the Landy is fine . :)

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Old, nackered 'n broke, but the Landy is fine . :)

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