[s-cars] Help: driver side window wind noise...

[chris chambers]

Randy,

is it out of alignment on the leading edge (hinge side) or on the
trailing edge (latch side).

If it's on the trailing edge then you can adjust the striker in 1/8",
this can be accomplished by loosening the two star head bolts and then
move the striker in 1/8".

If the leading edge sticks out too far I believe you would have to
loosen the hinge bolts and move the door's leading edge in and then
retighten the bolts. Bare in mind I have never adjusted the leading
edge on my doors.

HTH
Chris
 


--- "McCall, Randy" <rmccall at nexant.com> wrote:

> Chris,
> 
> Hinges are not worn (this is the front passenger door, 109K miles),
> body
> is straight with the exception of this door, but the door shell is
> most
> definitely a bit out of alignment; probably 1/8-3/16" out at top
> corner
> of door shell, and maybe 1/8" in at the bottom. Who knows if some
> body
> work has been done prior to me...PO didn't provide a lot of promised
> info and parts.  The bentley says loosen the hinge bolts (which of
> the
> two sets of hinge bolts?) but its still not real clear to me how that
> would allow me align the door shell.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Randy
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: chris chambers [mailto:fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com] 
> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 11:41 AM
> > To: McCall, Randy; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Cc: fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Help: driver side window wind noise...
> > 
> > Randy,
> > 
> > the shim only adjusts the window frame, not the door frame.
> > 
> > I believe the only way to adjust the actual door frame itself 
> > is by loosening the bolts and moving the hinges, I personally 
> > haven't tried this.
> > 
> > It seems to me that unless the hinges are worn, or the car 
> > has had body work, that the door frame shouldn't be out of
> alignment.
> > 
> > HTH
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
> > --- "McCall, Randy" <rmccall at nexant.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I was just puzzling over how to get this job done yesterday on my
> 
> > > front passenger door for my 95.5 Avant. But in this case the
> actual 
> > > door skin contour does not quite line up correctly with the 
> > read door 
> > > leading edge (the front seems to be ok though), AND the 
> > window carrier 
> > > isn't quite right; the top horizontal line of the door lines up
> ok, 
> > > but the the top half of the door skin protrudes out, while 
> > the bottom 
> > > rear door is somewhat in relative to the rear door leading 
> > edge - its 
> > > as if the door is slightly rotated on a longitudinal axis.  
> > I read the 
> > > procedures Chris mentioned below for adjusting the window 
> > carrier as 
> > > that task also needs to be done, but Bentley says that 
> > first the door 
> > > skin needs to match the contour correctly.
> > >  
> > > Chris, are you suggesting that the shim will also influence 
> > the door 
> > > skin tilt, and not just the window carrier?  I'm just a bit 
> > confused 
> > > with the Bentley info and hoping for a BTDT bit of advice 
> > on the door 
> > > skin adjustment...
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > -Randy
> > > '95.5 S6-Avant
> > > '91 200 20V Avant
> > > '01 allroad (wifes car)
> > > 
> 
> > 
> 


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