1935 Cadillac - GM Heritage Center

Fisher Body Service Manual, 1935
DOOR ALIGNMENT
The ten different drawings illustrated under Door Alignment
Instructions represent ten different conditions of Door
mis-alignment commonly met with in body shop work. Each
is a problem to be solved before its correction is attempted.
The main drawing (No. 102) shows a Body in perfect Door
alignment and is to be the gauge of perfection with which the
ten mis-aligned Doors are to be compared. The two drawings
of Hinges (Nos. 103 and 104) show the two methods of inserting
spacers between the Hinge Plate and the Body Hinge Pillar.
Drawing No. 103, labeled correction No. 1, shows the
spacer inserted inside to draw the Door closer to the Hinge
Pillar and therefore farther away from the Lock Pillar. Correction
No. 2 (shown in Drawing No. 104) shows the spacer
inserted outside to push the Door farther away from the Hinge
Pillar and therefore closer to the Body Lock Pillar at the front.
The two drawings, corrections No. 1 and 2, should be studied
until you are familiar with their purpose, then by glancing at
each of the ten different mis-aligned Door Conditions, its Correction
will be easily understood.
DOOR ALIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
To align the Doors of a Body correctly, where one or all the
Doors are fitting badly, the body workman should start by
1935 SERVICE FEATURES
cheeking the vertical spacing at the Hinge side of the Rear
Door. To do this, proceed as follows :
1. Remove the Door Wedge Plate.
2. Remove the Door Side Rubber Bumpers.
3. Make sure all Hinge Screws are tight.
4. Close Door and check Vertical Spacing, making sure it is
equal from top to bottom. If necessary, the spacing
should be equalized by inserting a spaeer between the
Hinge half and the Body Hinge Pillar and tighten screws
securely.
Correction No. 1 shows where to install a spacer to move
the Door back so as to make the spacing at the Hinge side of
the Rear Door narrower and therefore wider at the Lock side.
Correction No. 2 shows where to install the spacer to move
the Door ahead so as to make the spacing at the Hinge side of
the Rear Door wider and therefore narrower at he Lock side.
NOTE—These spacers may be made of hard, waterproof
cardboard, or better still, cut from sheet lead %" thick which
may be hammered to any desired thickness. The spacer should
be %" wide and as long as the Hinge is wide. After the above
operations have been done if the Rear Door is then low at the
Belt Molding and at the Roof, the Door must be raised by
adding additional shims at Body Bolt (No. 5) nearest the
Hinge Pillar.
If the Rear Door is too high at the Belt Molding and too
close to the Roof, the Door must be lowered by taking a shim
out at No. 5 Body Bolt to lower the Door.
BODY BOLT BODY BOLT BODY BOLT BODY BOLT BODY BOLT BODY BOLT BODY BOLT
NORMAL DOOR ALIGNMENT
Illustration No. 102
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