A few days ago, I wounded our '93 ZJ. I was parked on about a
15-degree slope down on the driver's side. I started to open the
driver's door and it slipped out of my hand. When it swung to the
bottom of the travel, there was a loud "POP." Now the door is about
1/4" low at the back, and hits the latch hook when closing. It still
closes, but I don't like the banging on the latch.

I don't see any cracked welds or other visible damage. I could take
it to a body shop, but I wonder if I couldn't just nudge it back into
alignment. My idea is to take a 2X4 and place it under the door, and
lift gently with a jack to try to move it back up 1/4". Is this
reasonable, or am I likely to damage something else?

 

Your method might work but use a block under the door to avoid bending the
lip. However there's most likely a weld broken somewher.

Jobo

"----" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
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>A few days ago, I wounded our '93 ZJ. I was parked on about a
> 15-degree slope down on the driver's side. I started to open the
> driver's door and it slipped out of my hand. When it swung to the
> bottom of the travel, there was a loud "POP." Now the door is about
> 1/4" low at the back, and hits the latch hook when closing. It still
> closes, but I don't like the banging on the latch.
>
> I don't see any cracked welds or other visible damage. I could take
> it to a body shop, but I wonder if I couldn't just nudge it back into
> alignment. My idea is to take a 2X4 and place it under the door, and
> lift gently with a jack to try to move it back up 1/4". Is this
> reasonable, or am I likely to damage something else?

 

Your method might work but use a block under the door to avoid bending the
lip. However there's most likely a weld broken somewher.

Jobo

"----" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
news:duvrp0thrv190s80cshmejjh97pckgsoln@4ax.com...
>A few days ago, I wounded our '93 ZJ. I was parked on about a
> 15-degree slope down on the driver's side. I started to open the
> driver's door and it slipped out of my hand. When it swung to the
> bottom of the travel, there was a loud "POP." Now the door is about
> 1/4" low at the back, and hits the latch hook when closing. It still
> closes, but I don't like the banging on the latch.
>
> I don't see any cracked welds or other visible damage. I could take
> it to a body shop, but I wonder if I couldn't just nudge it back into
> alignment. My idea is to take a 2X4 and place it under the door, and
> lift gently with a jack to try to move it back up 1/4". Is this
> reasonable, or am I likely to damage something else?

 

Your method might work but use a block under the door to avoid bending the
lip. However there's most likely a weld broken somewher.

Jobo

"----" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
news:duvrp0thrv190s80cshmejjh97pckgsoln@4ax.com...
>A few days ago, I wounded our '93 ZJ. I was parked on about a
> 15-degree slope down on the driver's side. I started to open the
> driver's door and it slipped out of my hand. When it swung to the
> bottom of the travel, there was a loud "POP." Now the door is about
> 1/4" low at the back, and hits the latch hook when closing. It still
> closes, but I don't like the banging on the latch.
>
> I don't see any cracked welds or other visible damage. I could take
> it to a body shop, but I wonder if I couldn't just nudge it back into
> alignment. My idea is to take a 2X4 and place it under the door, and
> lift gently with a jack to try to move it back up 1/4". Is this
> reasonable, or am I likely to damage something else?