Sagging Driver Side Door

OUMike · August 26, 2004

Hey everyone,

Anyone thats gotta 94' or up pickup should be familiar with the sagging door. I did a search on All Data and this is apparently pretty common. Where the door will sag just a little bit and cause the top corner to hit the inside jam everytime you close the door.

How might one fix this problem? Is there a replacement joint or something that I can get at an auto part store? I wouldnt' think this would be too difficult to do. I normally wouldn't care as my door doesn't leak water, but the wind noise from teh highway is starting to drive me and its completely chiped paint off that corner.

Any help would be much appriciated

commanche1 · August 26, 2004

its not easy.i made i sound like it was by mistake because i did a few before.there is info we discussed on it here. do a search for info.hard part is the spring. it MUST be compressed.tool on it you can bu y or borrow or use my idea that i gave in past topic. take care

99-2door · August 26, 2004

The door pins and bushings need replaced. The thing is if the door has been doing this for some time without being fixed, the hinge may be worn as well. If that is the case the pins and bushings won't completely fix it. You can get the parts at any good parts store. Most have them in stock. Look in the HELP section.

OUMike · August 26, 2004

Hmm...looks like this is to big of a PITA...thanks fellas..

dakccab · August 27, 2004

Another old body shop trick if the bushings are not too worn is to open the door about 4 inches and place a 2x4 x 10-15 inches long under the flat recessed part of the door bottom ( not the outer edge/door skin) at the end furtherest from the hinges and carefully jack up several inches on the bottom of the door with a floor or bottle jack to spring it up slightly. Hold the door steady so it will not slip off the 2x4 while jacking. The 2x4 distributes the jack loading so it does not bend or wrinkle the door bottom. Do it slightly several times so you do not get it too high. Worked on my 98 2500 with moderately worn bushings and with my 2000 2500 with slightly worn bushings. Keep them oiled/greased and wear is minimized. These truck doors are still heavy compared to late model cars.

commanche1 · August 27, 2004

i was lucky,mine were just worn bushing.cost was 11 dollars. if hole is worn in the door hinge you may have a bigger problem.i hope not. i dont know what you do if the hole for pin is worn. anyone know what they do if the door pin hole is worn bigger?