Sliding Door Adjustments
Sliding Door Adjustments
Preliminary Checks
- Close the sliding door, visually checking the C-pillar striker alignment entry into the latch. The striker at this point must not affect alignment. The striker should go straight into the latching mechanism.
- For the left sliding door, check the fuel door blocker striker entry into the latch. The striker at this point must not affect alignment.
- Check the C-pillar and B-pillar for door to aperture gaps and door to door gaps. All gaps should be 5 mm ± 1 mm.
- Check the door for height using character lines as a reference. Also check roof contour as a controlling factor.
Using the procedures noted below, adjust the side door in the order the individual steps are called out.
Door Flushness Adjustment
- Check the sliding door flushness at the C-pillar striker.
- If the sliding door is under or over flush, remove striker assembly and move thread plate over keeping one bolt in plate so it will not fall between inner and outer panels.
- Adjust the C-pillar striker in or out until the door is flush. Then, the on size hole can be elongated in the direction required. This can be done by grinding or filing the sheet metal and then painting raw edge to prevent rusting.
- Check the upper B-pillar flushness to A-pillar cover.
- The sliding door upper hinge can only be moved outboard by adding a 1 mm shim behind the hinge mounting area once the two attachment bolts are removed and reinstalled. Hinge should be reinstalled in original position and orientation.
- Check the flushness at upper C-pillar.
Door Gap Adjustment - Up/Down
- Check the height of the sliding door at the B-pillar and C-pillar to determine which area is contributing the greatest to the incorrect gaps.
- Visually inspect the sliding door for fitting low at the top of the door by checking the alignment of the top contour of the door to the quarter panel.
- The sliding door is low at the B-pillar.
- Remove the access plug in the sliding door trim panel.
- Open the door to mid point of travel.
- Mark outline of lower roller arm bracket (2) on sliding door to assist in making adjustments.
- Loosen lower roller arm bracket bolts (3).
- Move hinge downward to raise the door.
- Tighten lower roller arm bracket bolts to 13 Nm (115 in lbs).
- Verify alignment, adjust as necessary.
- The sliding door is high or low at the C-pillar.
- Open the door to mid point of travel.
- Remove striker and move thread plate over keeping one bolt in plate so it will not fall between inner and outer panels. Adjust the C pillar striker up or down until door is flush at top. The on size hole can be elongated in the direction required. This can be done by grinding or filing sheet metal and then painting the raw edge to prevent rusting.
- Rotate adjustment bolt (2) to raise or lower door so that approach into striker matches new position. Tightening bolt one full revolution will raise the door 1 mm.
- Adjust the adjustment bolt up or down to move the door position.
- Tighten adjustment bolt to raise the door.
- Verify alignment adjust as necessary.
- If the sliding door is high at the B-pillar.
- Remove access plug in the sliding door trim panel.
- Open the door to mid point of travel.
- Mark outline of lower roller arm bracket on sliding door to assist in making adjustments.
- Loosen lower roller arm bracket bolts.
- Move hinge upward to lower the door.
- Tighten lower roller arm bracket bolts to 13 Nm (115 in lbs).
- Verify alignment, adjust as necessary.
- Fully open the sliding door.
- Verify that all center hinge bolts are tight.
- Adjust the rear of the sliding door up by turning the center hinge bolt clockwise.
- Close the door and check the sliding door alignment.
- Adjust the front of the sliding door up by adjusting lower hinge bolts.
- Open door half way and remove lower hinge bolt access plug.
- Loosen bolts as necessary to move the front of door up or down.
- Check the upper hinge for possible bind, adjust as necessary.
- Close the door and check the sliding door alignment.
- Verify alignment, adjust as necessary.
Door Gap Adjustment - Fore/Aft
- Check C-pillar and B-pillar for door to aperture gaps (5 mm + 1 mm), and door to door gap (5 mm + 1 mm).
- If adjust gaps require adjustment, mark outline of hinge, loosen center hinge screws as necessary to move center hinge forward or rearward.
- Moving center hinge rearward increases the gap at C-pillar and decreases gap at B-pillar. Moving center hinge forward decreases gap at the C-pillar and increases gap at the B-pillar.
- Move center hinge as necessary, and tighten screws.
- Close the door and check the sliding door alignment.
- Verify door alignment, adjust as necessary.
- Tighten center hinge screws to 13 Nm (115 in lbs).
Door Seal Compression
- First check gap and flush. Check seal compression near the middle of the door even with the latch assembly. Using a piece of paper, place it across door seal and close door. Pull paper out of door opening. If paper tears setting is to tight, if paper slides thought to easily the compression is insufficient and needs to be adjusted.
- Adjust seal compression at the top of the B-pillar seal.
- Open door to mid point of travel.
- Mark outline of upper roller arm on door to assist in making adjustments.
- Loosen bolts attaching upper roller arm to door.
- Add shim (3) to decrease seal compression.
- Tighten all upper roller arm bolts to 13 Nm (115 in lbs).
- Verify door alignment, adjust as necessary.
- Adjust seal compression at the bottom of B-pillar seal.
- Open door to mid point of travel.
- Mark outline of lower roller arm on lower roller arm bracket to assist in making adjustments.
- Loosen bolts holding lower roller arm to lower roller arm bracket.
- Add shim to decrease seal compression. to decrease seal compression.
- Tighten lower roller arm bolts to 13 Nm (115 in lbs).
- Verify alignment, adjust as necessary.
• Adjusting seal compression at the B-pillar can affect door flushness the C-pillar.
Stabilizer Adjustment - Upper/Lower
- Open sliding door.
- Loosen the bolts holding the male stabilizers to the sliding door enough that the stabilizers can move with some effort.
- Close and then open sliding door.
- Tighten all stabilizers bolts.
Front Catch Striker
- Open sliding door.
- Loosen the bolts holding the striker.
- Close and then open sliding door.
- Tighten the striker bolts to 24 Nm (21 in lbs).
- Verify door operation.