Well, I was diving into some repairs on the 89 LeBaron Convertible I just purchased. I know this puts me into a world of hurt and adjustments, but I replaced the entire convertible top assembly, as the old one had a badly bent rib and a trashed top, and a new assembly was $75 at the junkyard. Anyway, I was working on the top and one of the quarter window regulators, while my dad decided to torque down the oil pan bolts, as there is some seepage from the oil pan.
This is my first convertible, and I hadn't been thinking of this at all, but I had both doors open, as well as the top down, when my dad decided to jack up the front end of the car. My first clue that this was bad occured when I tried to shut the driver's door to check alignment between the two driver's side windows - the door was hitting on the bottom :frusty:
After letting the car down, the door closes again, but is somewhat harder to close than before. I don't think it is hitting on the bottom, but may be contacting the striker bolt in a different manner than before.
Could I have seriously bent the body by jacking up in this manner? If so, what is my best option to remedy the situation? Hinge pins were replaced on the door earlier in the day, so the door shouldn't be sagging for that reason, but there does seem to be some up-and-down between the hinge and body when the door is almost closed, despite tightening the hinge-to-body bolts earlier in the day to try to fix this same issue.
I haven't tried to close the passenger door since then, as my rear seatback / quarter trim assembly is sticking out that side at the moment.
This is my first convertible, and I hadn't been thinking of this at all, but I had both doors open, as well as the top down, when my dad decided to jack up the front end of the car. My first clue that this was bad occured when I tried to shut the driver's door to check alignment between the two driver's side windows - the door was hitting on the bottom :frusty:
After letting the car down, the door closes again, but is somewhat harder to close than before. I don't think it is hitting on the bottom, but may be contacting the striker bolt in a different manner than before.
Could I have seriously bent the body by jacking up in this manner? If so, what is my best option to remedy the situation? Hinge pins were replaced on the door earlier in the day, so the door shouldn't be sagging for that reason, but there does seem to be some up-and-down between the hinge and body when the door is almost closed, despite tightening the hinge-to-body bolts earlier in the day to try to fix this same issue.
I haven't tried to close the passenger door since then, as my rear seatback / quarter trim assembly is sticking out that side at the moment.