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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
This door misalignment is quite common - mostly back doors, but sometimes front. I'm not sure whether its simply metal fatigue as the body shell ages and begins to loosen up slightly, or whether the door skin takes a set from a slightly misaligned window frame, latch, or door seal.
The front corners, or top rear corner, of each door are fairly simple to align using the hinge, but this lower rear corner is really dependent on the other three and when it's out like this I think that's purely down to the shape of the door so one has to get a little physical with it...
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I wonder if the door was always slightly out of shape but twisted back by the top of the (original) window frame exerting a twisting force, outwards at the top when closed?
When I removed the window frame it could have twisted back to its current shape and when I fitted the replacement I concentrated on getting the fit around the top of the window correct, to minimise wind noise. I never noticed, or even thought about, the lower rear corner as I just assumed it had been correct and would stay that way.
Maybe if I adjust the REAR fixing of the frame so that the top rear of the window frame is twisted into the body that will twist the whole rear of the door when its closed?
I recall that there were just 2 bolts at each end of the frame to secure it, allowing considerable adjustment. What I can't recall is how much of the door trim needs to be unclipped to get at them.
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