Well shoot, sorry to hear that. Let us know how you come out with it.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Miles D.
Oliver
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:45 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Door alignment on a GEN III
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Terrible Tom wrote:
It appears that the door pillar itself has been twisted out from the force
of the door being opened past its stop. I noticed that the paint appears
to now be chipped on the edge of the door where it kissed the front
fender.
Sounds like I will probably end up taking it to a body shop. I looked at
the hinges and I don't think that I will be able to align it myself.
>
> Miles D. Oliver wrote:
>>
>>
>> Where we now live we experience a larger than normal amount of wind. It
>> seems that our location the wind blows harder and for a lot loger than
>> other places in Virginia where we live.
>>
>> A couple of days ago my wife opened up the door of her Durango, only to
>> have the wind force pull the door out of her hand.
>>
>> It appears that the door jamb is bent out now and the door doesn't seal
>> properly, has more window noise and The next day she went to the carwash
>> she got soaked. You can look down the front of the vehicle and see that
the
>> drivers side door gap is larger than the passenger side.
>>
>> Can these Gen III doors be aligned after something like this or do I
have
>> do find a body shop to see what can be done to fix this so the door seals
>> properly again?.
>>
>>
>
> I'm thinking you are prolly going to have to have the hinges replaced.
> Assuming the door and the pillar havn't been damaged. It could be as
simple
> as the door hinge pins having been bent too.But I seem to remember that
the
> doors on our Dakotas are a pain in the ass to deal with when it comes to
> alignment... so don't quote me.
>
>
-- Miles D. Oliver www.mmoliver.org
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