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

[McCall, Randy]

Fred Wrote:
> 
> For best results, you have to align the door skin before 
> aligning the window carrier. The door skin is aligned by 
> adjusting the hinges and door striker.
> Unfortunately, the hinges only allow fore and aft adjustment 
> (the gaps at the front and rear of the door). The latch 
> striker allows the rear of the door to be adjusted in and 
> out. If the door is twisted as you describe a hinge may be 
> worn. The bottom hinge on the driver's door is prone to wear; 
> to test, open the door about one foot and lift the rear edge 
> of the door. If you can feel play in the hinge it is worn. 
> Another indication of hinge wear is the door dropping a bit 
> as it comes off the latch striker. The hinges should be 
> adjusted such that the latch is centred on the striker and 
> doesn't rub on it until the door is completely closed.
> 
> I rebuilt the bottom hinge on my S4 to resolve door fit 
> issues; the pin had worn elongated holes in the hinge ears 
> resulting in a lot of play in the bottom hinge.
> 
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
> '97 S6

Thanks Fred,

My passenger door does in fact look a bit twisted in how it fits at the
rear of the door (clockwise twist when looking forward from the back of
the door).  Not much, but just enough to be noticed. No obvious
dents/bends in the A pillar or door hinge mounting areas from previous
damage/accidents, paint looks untouched on the entire area.  I haven't
checked to see if the bottom hinge is worn in the way you mention, but
its easy enough to check.  Hard to imagine that this door hinge is worn
out while the driver's is not, but stranger things have happened...  If
that's not the case, I might just try the ol' body shop guy approach
that was mentioned a few days back and see if the wood block between the
bottom edge of the door and frame with pressure at the top will allow
for some "untwist" in how it fits.  Re-adjusting the striker plate did
nothing for door skin fit when fooling around with things yesterday. The
entire rear of the door moves in or out without changing the twist.

Thanks all,

-Randy
'95.5 S6 Avant - its green, that's gotta be part of the problem!
'91 200 20V Avant - bamboo, fast and dependable - so are the S4/S6's
really improvements?
'01 allroad - the wifes cruiser...great bun warmers though!