Door hinge
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I found an interesting thread on hinge replacement/door alignment:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...highlight=door
Lostin90s says "To replace hinges There is a tool /wrench made to do this so you can loosen/tighten hinge bolt easy but I don't have one. You could take a long box end wrench and heat and bend to get to bottom bolts make life little easier.( In the rust belt we replace fenders so I just fix hinges then )". I wrote to him asking for details on the tool he mentions.
mitch
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...highlight=door
Lostin90s says "To replace hinges There is a tool /wrench made to do this so you can loosen/tighten hinge bolt easy but I don't have one. You could take a long box end wrench and heat and bend to get to bottom bolts make life little easier.( In the rust belt we replace fenders so I just fix hinges then )". I wrote to him asking for details on the tool he mentions.
mitch
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I found a good thrd on this subj
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...highlight=door
Lostin90s says "There is a tool /wrench made to do this so you can loosen/tighten hinge bolt easy but I don't have one. You could take a long box end wrench and heat and bend to get to bottom bolts make life little easier.( In the rust belt we replace fenders so I just fix hinges then )" i Emailed asking for info on the tool he mentioned.
mitch
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...highlight=door
Lostin90s says "There is a tool /wrench made to do this so you can loosen/tighten hinge bolt easy but I don't have one. You could take a long box end wrench and heat and bend to get to bottom bolts make life little easier.( In the rust belt we replace fenders so I just fix hinges then )" i Emailed asking for info on the tool he mentioned.
mitch
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hmm, was thinking about Action4478's everyday method and was thinking that maybe this could be improved upon. What if you removed the door from the hinges and bolted 2 ft lng piece of angle between the two hinges. This would 1) force the hinges to maintain their relationship to each other (as though the door were still attached) when adjusting them and 2) provide a readily viewable edge that would mimick the door's forward edge. So, if you know you need to increase the door's gap by 1/8" at the bottom while not changing the top you could measure from the angle (fixed to the hinges) relative to the fender. When done the door should be correct and only need removal once. Maybe a little complex though..
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hmm, was thinking about Action4478's everyday method and was thinking that maybe this could be improved upon. What if you removed the door from the hinges and bolted 2 ft lng piece of angle between the two hinges. This would 1) force the hinges to maintain their relationship to each other (as though the door were still attached) when adjusting them and 2) provide a readily viewable edge that would mimick the door's forward edge. So, if you know you need to increase the door's gap by 1/8" at the bottom while not changing the top you could measure from the angle (fixed to the hinges) relative to the fender. When done the door should be correct and only need removal once. Maybe a little complex though..
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