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C3 corvette door alignment.
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Your c3 corvette s door hinges wear out and the resulting alignment issues cause a multitude of problems.
Positive 3 1 4 degrees plus or minus degree there should be no more than a degree variation side to side.
My door was sagging by about 3 8.
Have you ever wondered how many times you have opened and closed the doors on your corvette especially the driver s side door.
Sagging broken seals road noise and water leaks to name a few.
To offset for crowned roads set the left caster to 2 3 4 degrees positive and the right 3 1 4 degrees positive.
You know it will eventually happen.
We hope you will take advantage for this approach 1968 1982 corvet.
1968 1982 corvette door hinge spring in stock.
They should be at the same height.
1963 1982 corvette performance alignment specifications caster.
Don t try to use the striker to raise the door fit the door first all the striker should do is set the in out flush of the door and hold it closed.
Just look at the exploded drawing on the accompanying page showing aschematic of the door components.
Sagging by closing the door as far as possible without latching and check the alignment of the belt molding at the rear of the door and the short piece of belt molding on the body in front of the rear wheel.
And as it turns out per the corvette assembly instruction manual the stock door gap width for a 1971 coupe was 3 16.
From here on i used the 3 16 diameter drill bit to size the door gap openings for the drivers side door.
However a 3 16 drill bit fit perfectly.
To adjust the door you will need to remove the lower rocker vent.