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Old 07-13-2003 | 09:58 PM
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Need more information on your door?

We need more info to help you.

Did you take the hinges apart?
Did you remove the bolts holding the hinges to the body?
Did an elephant sit on the door and its just sagging?
Did you back into a post with the door open and sprung it?

One of the old body shop tricks was to use a floor jack & a block of wood. Place the jack with the wood on it underneath the back edge of the door, jack it up, and you can actually bend the door & frame while they are on the hinges! I would suggest this as only as a last resort however! And bend it slowly! It doesn't take much weight to move a door upwards to fit a door jamb very much!

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Old 07-15-2003 | 06:23 PM
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sounds like you just need to tighten the hinge bolts?
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