After replacing the hinge pins in my door the driver's door is not sitting correctly

Tiny
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I replaced the hinge pins in my door and now my driver door sits along the bottom but is gaped from the bottom of the window up, all the way around. I cannot tell if the welded hinged are bent, but they don't appear to be. It is gaping about 1/2" away from the cab body. How do you fix this? Do I need to take it to a body shop or can I do it?
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 AT 3:36 PM

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Tiny
MADMIKE1735
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Did you replace the pins, and bushings? How did you support the door when you had the pins out? I only ask because the weight of the door may have bent a hinge while replacing the pins. I roll the window down, then wrap a towel around the top of door frame. I use an engine jack to support the door while changing pins. Door weighs around 60lbs, but very tough to hold by our self and change pins/bushings. You may need to bring to a body shop, as if something is bent, torquing this door can result in broken glass. ( I learned from experience!) Glass runs around $80.00, and a body shop may fix for $60.00.
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Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 AT 4:16 PM
Tiny
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This is not uncommon when replacing hinge pins. Basically the door hinges wear and if someone over the years adjusted the door with worn pins and you replace them the door will no longer line up. It is possible that the hinges are bent as well if this suddenly happened because something happened to the door but even if that is the case, you will have to realign the door after replacing the hinges as well.

I would suggest going through the alignment process attached and if you can't adjust it enough to get all the gaps correct, it is because the hinges or door itself is bent.

Let me know if you have questions but by far the most common fix it just making some small adjustments and all is good.
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Friday, April 17th, 2020 AT 3:24 PM

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