#191717 - 09/12/02 09:57 PM
How do you fix a sagging door?
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gr8gmc
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My truck is getting some high miles and one thing that shows it the most is the driver side door. It has started dragging on the latch bolt and is hard to open from the inside (since your not lifting on it like from the outside).
Any body shop specialists or others know how to fix this??
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#191718 - 09/12/02 10:12 PM
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mannytranny
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I had this problem with a 1995 sub that got the door tweaked. I took off the post that the door closes on, and positioned it down a little. It is easy to loose the bolt in the door frame, so be careful. I think that it is designed to allow for play in the door post thing. It solved the problem for me, and i didnt have to pay someone to do it..
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#191719 - 09/13/02 12:28 AM
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I had the same problem with mine. You need to replace the hinge pins and bushings that hang the door. Replace them ASAP before the pins wear completely through the bushings and into the door hinge itself. That happened on mine and even after replacing the pins and bushings it still doesnt quite close right without applying extra force.
You can get the parts at most auto parts stores, like NAPA or Auto Value. You will need a special spring compressor and some method of hanging the door or an extra set of strong arms. If you dont want to tackle it yourself go to a body shop or GM dealer.
Edited by JBCalander (09/13/02 12:30 AM)
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#191720 - 09/13/02 01:25 AM
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Savage99
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JBCalander does your truck have the original transsission? What other major work have you had to do to your truck? I woould love to have mine last to those type of miles. Whats your secret?
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#191721 - 09/13/02 01:44 AM
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MN Z-71
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Savage99 said:
JBCalander does your truck have the original transsission? What other major work have you had to do to your truck? I woould love to have mine last to those type of miles. Whats your secret?
Original engine, transmission. I have only owned it a couple years but I bought it from a family friend who had it since new. It has only needed routine repairs. It has been well-maintained, oil changes every 3,000 and tranny flushes every 30,000. Besides tune-ups it has only needed tires, brakes, a water pump, 2 alternators, a few batteries, and some front end work...pitman arm, idler arm, swaybar end links, and ball joints once.
About 3/4 of the miles are highway miles. The previous owner used it to pull around a pop-up camper and a boat during the summer. The only time it was used during the winter was when the roads were very snowy. The time that I have had it has been pretty mixed highway and city driving and it is my daily driver year-round. In that time it has done some pretty heavy work, hauling bagged seed into and out of muddy fields, pulling a 1,000 gallon nurse tank for liquid fertilizer that weighs almost 12,000 lbs fully loaded. The latter is done VERY carefully and at speeds no more than 45 mph on country roads.
I guess the only major repair it has needed is the paint. There were some paint problems in the early 90's and mine had a bad primer coat. It was the worst on the roof and hood of the truck so the whole cab was repainted by a small body shop for $1,100. The box has some chips in it and I may get it repainted this fall for $300 by the same body shop.
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#191722 - 09/13/02 01:51 AM
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Oh and I need to update my sig soon. The odometer just rolled 189,000 tonight. I have been making alot of runs up to Moorhead, MN (500 miles round trip) lately and have been really racking up the miles. My brother just moved up there into a new house and we have been busy building a deck and fence and finishing the basement. So for the last 2-3 months I have been up there almost every week. No problems with the truck, it hasnt left me stranded yet and Im sure it will be a long time before it ever will.
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#191723 - 09/13/02 09:24 PM
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jagabom
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I have done this on other vehicles and it works, it's cheap, but I don't know how long it will last as the vehicles are gone now. The doors have bolts that screw
into the hinge then into the door. Remove all the bolts on the BOTTOM hinge that screw into the door. Place a washer between the hinge and the door.
You have to lift the door up a bit to do this. Use one washer for each hinge bolt. All washers must be the same thickness. Then screw the bolt back into the hinge
and through the washer and into the door. Voila, the door will be higher when you close it. You may have to try different thicknesses of washers to get the
right size so the door closes properly.
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#191724 - 09/13/02 10:19 PM
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cgianotti
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said:
I had the same problem with mine. You need to replace the hinge pins and bushings that hang the door. Replace them ASAP before the pins wear completely through the bushings and into the door hinge itself. That happened on mine and even after replacing the pins and bushings it still doesnt quite close right without applying extra force.
You can get the parts at most auto parts stores, like NAPA or Auto Value. You will need a special spring compressor and some method of hanging the door or an extra set of strong arms. If you dont want to tackle it yourself go to a body shop or GM dealer.
If the door isn't too far gone you may not need to replace the pins. Did my nephew's '93 K1500 Z71 driver's side door a couple of months ago & needlessly replaced the lower pins. The only pin that was shot, was the one up top with a roller at the bottom. Door sag had bent the heck out of it. His passenger side door roller pin now needs replacing. The bushings are only a couple of dollars while the pins are anywhere from $13 to $21 from the stealer-- $21 for the roller pin. Not much cheaper from NAPA @ $18.69 (according to www.napaonline.com). Oh yeah, just remembered, the original roller pin was mushroomed at the top to keep it in place so you'll have to figure a way of duplicating that unless the replacements have some sort of retention device (the one's I bought from the stealer for my nephew's truck didn't, so we welded them [Hasn't held. Next I'll try a vertical cut down the middle which I'll pry apart once installed]).
You don't necessarily need a spring compressor for the door spring. It can be levered out, but be careful with yourself & the paint. Trick for putting it back in is to compress it in a vise, then zip-tie it & then install & cut the tie (courtesy of an online forum, can't remember which one).
As for keeping the door up, I used a jack with a piece of wood on the pad to protect the paint on the bottom of the door.
Good luck.
Edited by cgianotti (09/13/02 10:21 PM)
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#191725 - 09/18/02 12:51 PM
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Found out today that my problem is a little worse than orignially thought. A day or two after I posted initally the door stopped opening from the inside. Since it rained this morning and I had some time off I dug into it and found out the door handle is broken. That explains part of the reason for the rough opening. That door handle is an aluminum/composite casting and it looks like it's not made strong enough to me. It slowly bent until I pulled it in half trying to get the door open.
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