Front Door: Adjustments

Front Door, Adjusting

NOTE:
- Vehicle must stand on its wheels in order to be able to perform front door adjustment.
- Front door is properly adjusted when re is an overall even gap dimension when closed, it is not too far inward or outward and contours align.
- To adjust or check gap dimensions: Body panel gaps; Body, front
- After installation or adjustment work, corrosion protection measure must be performed on hinge and bolts.

For proper door adjustment, door hinges on pillar must be loosened. Or measures such as aligning door upward are not effective. Excess pressure thereafter will again cause door to sag.

For this, Door adjustment wrench 3320 with Box spanner 3320/2 (only Emden production) and Box spanner for 3320 3320/3 must be used.

If it should be necessary that door hinge must be loosened at upper A-pillar from inside, Socket 3410can be used. To do so, instrument panel must be removed.

Adjust lock bracket:

Adjusting door at striker plate

NOTE:
- Adjustment that follows is only for right front door. Adjustment of left front door is performed accordingly.
- When closing, front door must lock completely without furr applied force and must have no play.
- By adjusting striker plate, front door must not be pushed upward or downward.

With striker plate, one can adjust:
- If adjustment of front door to rear door does not align.

- Loosen striker plate - 1 - by loosening bolts - 2 - at B-pillar.
- Adjust front door with striker plate - 1 - so that front door aligns with rear door when closed (wind noise).
- Tighten bolts - 2 - of striker plate - 1 -.







Tightening torques: Bolts - 2 - 20 Nm.

CAUTION: Use this adjustment only to align door inward or outward, not vertically. Door should not move up or down when closed or opened. If this occurs, vertical alignment of striker is incorrect.