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Hard door adjustments

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what's the deal with the body? on the one side I can see the little triangle show as a metal tub, but on the other side the triangle looks like a fiberglass tub. How bad is the body on the jeep?

are the doors original to the jeep?

the hardtop doesn't look like it's down far enough on the drivers side.

the doors on the hinge side aren't perfectly aligned, but aren't bad.

I was hoping to get a good pic of the entire door all at once to see the gap all the way around.
 
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After going today and looking real close at the Jeep. It appears the passenger side has had some repair work done at some point. I tried to adjust the doors and they did not move enough to line up correctly. I am going to take the doors off and and spend some time working on them, the hinges and the top. I do not know for sure if the doors and top are original, I just assumed they were. I want to thank everyone for their help with this, and I will post up the outcome after I get some time to work on the Jeep.

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what's the deal with the body? on the one side I can see the little triangle show as a metal tub, but on the other side the triangle looks like a fiberglass tub. How bad is the body on the jeep?

are the doors original to the jeep?

the hardtop doesn't look like it's down far enough on the drivers side.

the doors on the hinge side aren't perfectly aligned, but aren't bad.

I was hoping to get a good pic of the entire door all at once to see the gap all the way around.
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If it was a full top I'd ask if you took the belt rail off or the press studs.
Check that the rubber gasket hasn't folded over.
How does it fit along the top of the windscreen?

On my Overlander, I replaced the windscreen with an unknown brand (it had glass in it already). I had to grind/fold the top corner to fit the top, but the strangest thing is, it sits closer at the cowl than at the top when the doors are fitted. The first curve out of the door on the a pillar side rubs, but there's a gap of about 15-20mm at the top corner.


It's a jeep thing... Go figure!
 
Anyone know of a set of bushings you can put in the hinges to take up some of that down sag??
 
The factory actually did this on some CJs with a shim/spacer when the alignment couldn't be set with the adjustability of the hinges alone. I have seen these still in place on some CJs over the years, although its not that common and many get lost once the doors are removed for the first time as they are a plastic washer that simply fits around the pin on top of the hinge surface effectively raising the door.

There was also a replacement part avail for these, avail in two different sizes:

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I used a washer on both of the diver's side hinges slid over the pin and the door works as it should. Without them the door just won't quite shut right.
 
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