How to - Changing Door Seals

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

That's a great how-to-do-it Mustard ...and thats the next job I'm tackling ...after the brakes !!!

[KFH]

When I removed my front doors I drilled an 1/8" hole through the centre of each hinge then removed the bolts.  I found it quite easy to realign the doors back to the original position and then fine tune the position from there.  On the rear doors I removed the bolts and left the hinges on the body.  No adjustment required on these as the gapping was good to start with.

Keith

[FE 4 ME]

Just a question, do the doors need to come off ? can the seals be installed while the door is still on, even if it's fiddley can it be done without a huge drama ?? or there's no way... the doors come off !!


cheers

FE 4 ME

[Siggs]

Have been off the forum for a while  :-[ but have replaced door seals on the old girl and it wasnt too stressfull thanks to the advice on this post. Thanks for the help !

[cruisin_doug]

Excellent thread, just thought I'd add this Youtube clip of a door seal installation on a humpy by the team at RSP - the same principles apply.

[youtube=425,350]x99mQ3bchZY[/youtube]

Just as a side note, the recommended Loctite (424) is also available in gel form, much easier and more accurate to place than the standard product ....

Doors MUST come off

Cheers

Doug

[paddyfc58]

The gentleman painting my vehicle was replacing my door rubbers on my ute and he had a rubber on the door as well as the channel. Is this correct or only needed on the inner channel.

thanks

[collecta]

 only inner channel on the ute.

[paddyfc58]

cheers for that I knew my old ute didn't have anything on the door but wasn't sure if it was just missing.

[57effie]

This is a job I'll be tackling soon. The rubbers on my car are glued in with a brown glue. It looks and feels like Stag. Not hard cured. What are thoughts on using Stag.

Cheers
Mark

[RAY @ LAIDLEY]

Hi is the Loctite 406 the best glue to use

[mcl1959]

It has some advantages in that it is a very thin application and it is colourless, so any misapplication doesn't show. It's also super sticky once it is pressed together.
Ken

[GMB-58FC]

Any chance of fixing the picture links, I need to tackle this shortly...

[Laszlo]

How difficult to change all the door  rubbers without removing the doors ?

Cheers : Laszlo

[Laszlo]

Sorry guys I just read the second page now , and watched the Rare spares video. So I must take off the doors.

Laszlo