Old Truck
Newbie
Needing to replace the pins/bushings on the driver's door. The hole for the top hinge lower bushing (larger one) is visually elongated and the door sags about 1/4 inch and rides up on the striker bolt. Enough wear on the latch to have a nice groove in it. National Parts and Abrasives make bushings that are .010 and .020 over sized. Not having a welder and knowing that welding might be the only way to fix it the right way, would it be better to have a shop replace the bushings/pins and roller pin? The bushings/pins on the passenger front door do not look to be worn, but the roller pin needs to be replaced and the arm needs to be replaced (it has worn at a bevel). So besides the bushings/pins, roller pin and striker bolt, I will need to get a new latch for the drivers door. All of the doors, both front and rear show some wear on the striker bolts and latches. When I was under the front end recently, I noticed that there was some frame damage from the previous owner so the frame might be tweeked; bought it used almost 18 years ago for 7K. It sits a lot and only has 210k miles on it, but is now needing some much needed TLC.