Re: Door alignment

Posted by DavidM On 2018/3/26 21:55:55

"Seems to me logical that be done before any attempts at shimming. Correct?"

Definitely, and I suggest you use 4 rods, one in each door leaving them in place until you are finished, checking regularly that they turn freely.
I would try shimming the hinges as the next step before shimming under the body.

The diagonal turn buckle in the doors may help but only if there is some looseness. When I did my 633 sedan I replaced and or repaired all woodwork including the doors and a turn buckle was not necessary as the woodwork in the door was very solid and the turn buckle would only have strained the corner joints.

In the end if you can get the doors to open and close freely, with the face of all panels in line at all corners but with some variations in gap you will have done well, at least that was my experience after a few months of trial and error adjustment. Each adjustment to correct one problem often causes another problem.