door adjustments on 06 supercab
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Tighter in which regards? You mean it should shut closer to the body? If thats the case, draw an outline around the striker with a washable marker or crayon. Loosen the striker bolts, but don't take them off. Move the striker hook in towards the body just a tad, say 1/16 to 1/8" of an inch. May take a bit of hammering on the hook. Tighten the bolts and shut the door. Play around with that until it closes easily and has a tighter fit.
The door can be adjusted through the bolts on the hinges, but this is a more complicated process.
The door can be adjusted through the bolts on the hinges, but this is a more complicated process.
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Originally Posted by vinnyhoosier
Thanks Berry,I'll have to look into it this weekend
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i need to do this as well since i noticed a bit of extra movement when offroad the other week.
so you just move the striker hooks that are on the body correct, not the one on the back door? just double checking since i noticed there is a striker hook on the top and the bottom of the body, and then another one on the center of the back door.
so you just move the striker hooks that are on the body correct, not the one on the back door? just double checking since i noticed there is a striker hook on the top and the bottom of the body, and then another one on the center of the back door.
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Thanks again Berry,I went ahead and tried to adjust them after I got home from work.It didn't seem like I moved them in very much from my marks,but I took it out and drove it and it made alot of difference.They're much more quiet than they were before,More than I thought they would be from such a small move of the strikers
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I just picked up an '06 SCAB about 2 weeks ago.
After only having 3-4 days, I went to close the front door without the back/cab door being shut all the way.
The front door (at the top) pushed in behind the rear........basically behind that wide black vertical molding. The only thing to do was to pull the doors open/apart the best I could..............in doing so..........the rear black molding pulled out from the door and bent. I bent it back somewhat but once it bends....it's bent.
I have a new one ordered.
The guy at the Ford Dealer body shop looked at it the other day......I mentioned that it looked like the driver side door was sagging at that the two drivers side doors were closer together at the top than bottom. I told him I thought the front needed some upward adjustment. (A service guy who was with us looked at it .....and the passenger side....and he thought the same thing, that they were too close on the drivers side.)
The body guy was very resistant to the thought of adjusting the doors. He said that there is very little tollerance for moving the doors. If you adjust one thing it could easily throw everything off. If you adjust......you have to be very careful but he acted like if was shutting fine.......it best be left alone.
Just thought I would share this. Not sure how accurate it is but I thought you might want to consider and be careful in making adustments on the SCAB doors. Hope this helps!!
After only having 3-4 days, I went to close the front door without the back/cab door being shut all the way.
The front door (at the top) pushed in behind the rear........basically behind that wide black vertical molding. The only thing to do was to pull the doors open/apart the best I could..............in doing so..........the rear black molding pulled out from the door and bent. I bent it back somewhat but once it bends....it's bent.
I have a new one ordered.
The guy at the Ford Dealer body shop looked at it the other day......I mentioned that it looked like the driver side door was sagging at that the two drivers side doors were closer together at the top than bottom. I told him I thought the front needed some upward adjustment. (A service guy who was with us looked at it .....and the passenger side....and he thought the same thing, that they were too close on the drivers side.)
The body guy was very resistant to the thought of adjusting the doors. He said that there is very little tollerance for moving the doors. If you adjust one thing it could easily throw everything off. If you adjust......you have to be very careful but he acted like if was shutting fine.......it best be left alone.
Just thought I would share this. Not sure how accurate it is but I thought you might want to consider and be careful in making adustments on the SCAB doors. Hope this helps!!
Last edited by duckduke; 11-03-2007 at 07:12 AM.
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Originally Posted by duckduke
I just picked up an '06 SCAB about 2 weeks ago.
After only having 3-4 days, I went to close the front door without the back/cab door being shut all the way.
The front door (at the top) pushed in behind the rear........basically behind that wide black vertical molding. The only thing to do was to pull the doors open/apart the best I could..............in doing so..........the rear black molding pulled out from the door and bent. I bent it back somewhat but once it bends....it's bent.
I have a new one ordered.
The guy at the Ford Dealer body shop looked at it the other day......I mentioned that it looked like the driver side door was sagging at that the two drivers side doors were closer together at the top than bottom. I told him I thought the front needed some upward adjustment. (A service guy who was with us looked at it .....and the passenger side....and he thought the same thing, that they were too close on the drivers side.)
The body guy was very resistant to the thought of adjusting the doors. He said that there is very little tollerance for moving the doors. If you adjust one thing it could easily throw everything off. If you adjust......you have to be very careful but he acted like if was shutting fine.......it best be left alone.
Just thought I would share this. Not sure how accurate it is but I thought you might want to consider and be careful in making adustments on the SCAB doors. Hope this helps!!
After only having 3-4 days, I went to close the front door without the back/cab door being shut all the way.
The front door (at the top) pushed in behind the rear........basically behind that wide black vertical molding. The only thing to do was to pull the doors open/apart the best I could..............in doing so..........the rear black molding pulled out from the door and bent. I bent it back somewhat but once it bends....it's bent.
I have a new one ordered.
The guy at the Ford Dealer body shop looked at it the other day......I mentioned that it looked like the driver side door was sagging at that the two drivers side doors were closer together at the top than bottom. I told him I thought the front needed some upward adjustment. (A service guy who was with us looked at it .....and the passenger side....and he thought the same thing, that they were too close on the drivers side.)
The body guy was very resistant to the thought of adjusting the doors. He said that there is very little tollerance for moving the doors. If you adjust one thing it could easily throw everything off. If you adjust......you have to be very careful but he acted like if was shutting fine.......it best be left alone.
Just thought I would share this. Not sure how accurate it is but I thought you might want to consider and be careful in making adustments on the SCAB doors. Hope this helps!!
As for the striker, you really have to hit it to get it to move. The bolts are held in place with a rubber or sponge like material.
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