Door Adjustment

[Jim-ME]

When I removed my "as it came with" mirror assembly to install my new assemblies in the hole on the hinge I had to remove the bolts holding the hinge to the bulkhead. As a result my door won't latch properly. The latch now hits low into the striker and will not extend out into the pocket and pops back to the safety notch on the striker. It appears that there is an adjustment to more the striker in and out but not up and down. How do I raise the door to get the latch to hit the striker properly? Thanks in advance for the help.

[Leslie]

You had to remove the screws on the hinge, right?

Have you tried adjusting the door at the hinges to square the door back up?

[Clive]

The screws on the door-post end of the hinge need to be loosened to adjust how the door hangs - and you have to be a bit of a contortionist to adjust it with the door open. Basicaly slacken the screws, and then adjust the hang of the door up (rear of door up) and then holding it in position tighten the screws with spare hand! I am not sure why you had to loosen these to fit the original-style mirror arm, but maybe there was more than one type of arm? OOI, What is the part number?

[msggunny]

I take my doors off every summer and i have the same problem. I loosen all the screws and then shut the door so it latches properly using a bit of body english and hold it while my wife or someone else tightens the screws.

[sayers]

I was having the same problem with my doors and I had to loosen the front hinge bolts. It did the trick.

[Jim-ME]

My origional mirror was a SIII which was screwed to a plate which in turn was mounted behind the upper door hinge. I had to take the bolts out to get the plate off. I have loosened the hinges and guess I wasn't enough of a contortionist to hold the door and tighten the hinge bolts. I'll try again when my son comes home from college this weekend. Thanks for all the replies.

[Bostonian1976]

is that the problem I have? I always thought my tub wasn't lined up correctly. Is it possible the PO just took the doors off and couldn't line them up? Check out the body lines (sorry for the huge size but it's the only way to see it)

[jp-]

On my 88" there was not enough adjustment in the door hinges to allow the door to meet the tub at the right angle. So I removed the hinges and drilled out the 5/16" mounting holes several sizes larger. I rebolted everything with small washers to cover up the slightly larger holes. This gave me all the adjustment I needed to line everything up. Once lined up, just have someone tighten the door bolts and bulkhead bolts, while you hold it all in place.

[Bostonian1976]

On my 88" there was not enough adjustment in the door hinges to allow the door to meet the tub at the right angle. So I removed the hinges and drilled out the 5/16" mounting holes several sizes larger. I rebolted everything with small washers to cover up the slightly larger holes. This gave me all the adjustment I needed to line everything up. Once lined up, just have someone tighten the door bolts and bulkhead bolts, while you hold it all in place.

It's possible the tub was misaligned, right? or the bulkhead?

[TSR53]

Nice surf fishing rig! Now that you've teased us with your rig, let's see the fish photos, and hear the stories... . Maybe in another thread down here >> Events