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OK time for the new guy to show how dumb he is. That is OK by me. I have a 52 1/2 ton. When I put the doors on I have a small misalignment with the cab. Followed the tech tip on this site. Doors work great and it went fast. But the driver side door rubs the cab at the front edge by the hinges. Nice and flush with a good gap until the door is opened. The front lip of the door rubs the cab. Bottom rear corner of the door is proud from the cab about 1/8 inch. the rest of the door is nice even gap all around and flush with the rest of the cab. I can only guess that the floor repair and the patch panel in the front put in by the P.O. were a bit off. Should I float the door out at the hinge and fill until it works and looks right? Looking for an idea cause I am fresh out.

Having it rub the cowl is not good so for sure you have to fix that. Have you got room to move it back on the hinge strap a little? As far as the rear I think you are after too much perfection.

Thanks for the response. I can move it out at the front and then smooth the repair out to match. Might be the best way to go. Thanks again, like I said I had run out of ideas and yes I wanted to make it FIT. Too much looking and too little fixing. Gotta stop that some day.

Before making any alterations to the sheet metal I made small wooden wedges and fasten them with doube face tape around the opening. This gave me more control for adjusting door gap. Worked good for me. Hope this will help.

I was suggesting moving the door a little rearward to widen the gap and maybe prevent the rubbing.

"Nice and flush with a good gap until the door is opened". If you check the shop manual, you will find that the door is to be adjusted to be flush to 1/16" outward of the cowl to prevent interference with the door seal upon opening of the door. They say to bend the hinge to correct this. I notched the holes in the part of the hinge that bolts to the cab to get my door to have a 1/16" outward position. I was scared to mess with bending the hinges. Have you rebuilt your hinges? If not, you should start there, as that will most likely change how things fit. And if you are lucky, maybe to your favor. Of all the things that I have done to my truck, I am most proud of how my doors fit and close properly. It is not an easy thing to accomplish!

Thanks to all. Cab cowl is all messed with. Floor is worked over as well. One new hinge on the driver side top and a good solid used one at the bottom. Tried two doors with the same fit issue. Now just gotta figure the best cheat to make it all better. Door fits great. closes very nice. No need to slam and the catch is great. Bottom corner is proud but that is easy. A little bondo and spread out the difference. The Gap at the front of the door is now much wider than the top, bottom and the rear. Might have a bit of a tweak in the pillar that the hinge is mounted to. I think the door was hit when open. Backed into a tree or door jamb. Not too sure how to fix that. But not enough to pull the rest of the cab out as far as I can tell. Might just have to pull the door out a bit at the front and smooth things as best as I can. Thanks again for the ideas, that is what I needed. And the info on this site. Got the king pins changed and have found how to make the 235 run nice here as well. So nice to get help from friendly folks.