Correcting Dog Legs that were poorly done

[mikelars]

I have an issue where both dog legs were welded on with poor alignment (before I bought the bus). It annoys me every time I look at it, and I am trying to figure out if I can fix it. I have a welder, but no cutter.

Drivers side

Passenger Side Photo 1

Passenger Side Photo 2

I was looking to see if I could easily break a few spot welds, align it and re-weld it with better alignment, but it doesn’t look straight forward…
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[busdaddy]

Hmmm...., there's a ton of spot welds all along where it meets the floor and seat stand, and a bunch more as well as some MIG beads where it meets the A & B pillars. At least that's how VW did it, whoever installed those could have done almost anything.

How's the rest of the door gaps front, back and along the top?, a little door tweaking would be a whole lot less work.
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[Bulli Klinik]

You’d be better off replacing them than trying to adjust them.
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If I remember correctly, to adjust the areas that you're pointing out you'll need to separate the inside and outside of the dog legs and re-weld them.

I got mine to fit without opening them up but check out this video from Glideking ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sexLbz4W9N8

[tisius]

that is a good video!!
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