I’m trying to reinstall the doors on my 79 FJ40 following a frame off restoration and have encountered a fitment issue with the front edge of the doors at the windshield frame (see the picture).
The way things are right now the seal on the front edge of the doors won’t even touch the side of the windshield frame. I have the same issue with both doors but it’s slightly better on the passenger side.
The doors, windshield and related hinges were removed so everything could be painted. The half of the door hinges that bolts to the body were NOT removed. All components are factory original except for a new OEM factory seal has been installed between the bottom of the windshield and the top of the cowl. The only thing that has been done to everything else is a fresh coat of paint.
I’ve made all the adjustments to the doors I can with the hinges and the gaps at the bottom and rear edges of the doors seem to be good. The two bolts holding the windshield frame upright are as tight as I dare make them. I’m confident that I installed the new windshield seal correctly.
Since the positions of the door hinges hasn’t changed and the gaps around the bottom and rear edge of the doors look good it seems to me the problem must somehow be related to the installation of the windshield frame.
As I recall the bolt holes in the small brackets (see picture) are slotted to allow for some adjustment. Could the position of these brackets (they were removed for painting) be causing the alignment problem?
Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how did you fix it?
The way things are right now the seal on the front edge of the doors won’t even touch the side of the windshield frame. I have the same issue with both doors but it’s slightly better on the passenger side.
The doors, windshield and related hinges were removed so everything could be painted. The half of the door hinges that bolts to the body were NOT removed. All components are factory original except for a new OEM factory seal has been installed between the bottom of the windshield and the top of the cowl. The only thing that has been done to everything else is a fresh coat of paint.
I’ve made all the adjustments to the doors I can with the hinges and the gaps at the bottom and rear edges of the doors seem to be good. The two bolts holding the windshield frame upright are as tight as I dare make them. I’m confident that I installed the new windshield seal correctly.
Since the positions of the door hinges hasn’t changed and the gaps around the bottom and rear edge of the doors look good it seems to me the problem must somehow be related to the installation of the windshield frame.
As I recall the bolt holes in the small brackets (see picture) are slotted to allow for some adjustment. Could the position of these brackets (they were removed for painting) be causing the alignment problem?
Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how did you fix it?