racked body?

alaskadan · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:57 pm Post subject: racked body?

When we were swapping all the doors from a rust free donor we noticed that the rear hatch opening is racked a little. Dont know how, no damage to the original body other than major rust. Anyone had similar issues? Fix it with hydraulic porta power? No real issues like door seal leaking or not latching.

Ahwahnee · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:52 pm Post subject:

Was the van parked on level ground? If just one wheel (esp a rear wheel) is up a bit it can (temporarily) rack the body enough to keep the rear hatch from closing.

alaskadan · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 8:44 am Post subject:

No its a consistant outage. I know body shops have to pull push and tweak things. I figure a hydraulic ram would be the safest. Im not loosing sleep over it my van is no cream puff. Butif someone said it was pc of cake been theredone that i might be inclined to do it.

alaskadan · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 8:46 am Post subject:

No its a consistant outage. I know body shops have to pull push and tweak things. I figure a hydraulic ram would be the safest. Im not loosing sleep over it my van is no cream puff. Butif someone said it was pc of cake been theredone that i might be inclined to do it.


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