xantia door height adjustment tool?

falling-out-with-my-car · Post by **falling-out-with-my-car** » 25 Feb 2010, 12:38

Hi, I have just fitted a replacement drivers door to my 1998 citroen xantia
it would seem that it requires some adjustment.
I have tried adjusting the catch attached to the door pillar but all this seems to do is raise or lower the door and knocks the catch out of allignment so the door hits it aukwardly.

does anyone know if there is such thing as a hinge adjustment tool available for the xantia please so the hinges can be bent/adjusted?

regards Nigel.

Post by **Peter.N.** » 25 Feb 2010, 12:46

If it needs raising, put a jack underneath nearer the free end with a large piece of wood so that it doesnt damage the door.

citroenxm · Post by **citroenxm** » 25 Feb 2010, 13:05

Doors and hinges are fixed on Xantias!

The only adjustment is when the rust breaks the top hinge and the door drops...

So its either been previously welded incorectly before.. there is no other adjustment!

Top hinges breaking are becoming a very common problem..

Paul

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 25 Feb 2010, 13:10

The latch bars on the chassis can be adjusted, just slacken it's bolts (torx I think) and mov it into position so the latch meets i properly.
One of my replaced doors needed the latch bar to be shimmed to push it out from the body for a proper fit.

falling-out-with-my-car · Post by **falling-out-with-my-car** » 25 Feb 2010, 13:27

Xac, sounds like youve hi the nail on the head shim the latch.

I'll give it a go cheers Nigel.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 25 Feb 2010, 13:29

falling-out-with-my-car wrote:Xac, sounds like youve hi the nail on the head shim the latch.

I'll give it a go cheers Nigel.

Careful as you remove the torx bolts, they go into a plate in the car and if it drops it's gone, so slacken one,remove the other and add a washer, then refit the removed bolt slack, and repeat for the other one.

falling-out-with-my-car · Post by **falling-out-with-my-car** » 25 Feb 2010, 13:31

xac, thanks for that I gather threy are all welded to the same plate and not individual then?

cheers Nigel.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 25 Feb 2010, 14:01

falling-out-with-my-car wrote:xac, thanks for that I gather threy are all welded to the same plate and not individual then?

cheers Nigel.

Not sure what you mean.

falling-out-with-my-car · Post by **falling-out-with-my-car** » 25 Feb 2010, 18:46

Xac, thanks for that tip, it was the catch.

I used some washers to begin with and their outer diameter was to small and they sunk into the large square adjustment holes behind the catch then I found some Xantia seat bolt washers big enough to span the large square holes.

the door doesnt hit the catch awkwardly now as it closes, fair enough it drops a tiny amount as the door opens but it closes much better than before where it previously slammed into the side of the catch making a metalic clunking sound.

thank you Xac.

regards Nigel.