Anybody have any problems with them? Replaced my passenger side last night, can't get the gap at the rear of the door tight enough.

Has anyone used shims on their 67 door hinges? If not, I'll have to relieve the square holes in the jamb 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch to get enough adjustment to move the door rearward that much.

Any help is appreciated.

Herb, Did you have problems with the old hinges, with the gap? I have not heard as many problems with the repo door hinges, but some from others in here. If no one can help your out with advise here, I can rebuild your hinge for you if you need it.
Willie

Thanks Willie. I spoke with a friend of mine this afternoon. I have a couple of routes I can take to fix the problem, shim the hinge on the door side, or round out the holes in the jamb an 1/8 inch on the side that are limiting the adjustment. That doesn't weaken anything as the hinge actually mounts to a floating plate behind the jamb. He tells me these are common actions for this problem. They have to do it all the time at his body shop. If you want/need a pair or two of 67 hinges that need rebuilding, let me know.

Wish I knew you could do door hinges too Willie. Would have had you do mine. The hood hinges I got from you are EXCELLENT. Recommended you to many.

I haven't dealt with aftermarket hinges but, I would say your friend's recommendations would both work. However, I would agree with enlarging the plate holes, so that you wouldn't have shims showing in the jamb. :(
JMO, Ron.

I had the same problem. But I also put a new repo door on, so I was not sure which was the problem. I milled (slotted) the hinges on the body side to slide them back. You can't even tell, the head of the bolt covers it.
Brian

Thanks Brian. I looked at doing that last night but the backing plate won't move far enough in that side. So I'm going to make up a couple of plate shims to sandwich between the door and the hinge. I need 3/32 inch. That way I can tailor the shim to the hinge shape and it will essentially be invisible. The other door came out perfect, even matched the scribe marks of the old hinges so I'm sure it's just the normal after-market parts and bodywork tweaks that caused the issue on that side.

I've seen oem parts not gap close enough to the quarter. I would definitly open up the square holes the amount that you need. Don't be afraid to go the amount you need. I like getting the gaps better than the factory ever did. I have opened up the square holes to acheive my desired gap. After you hog them out make sure you pry the backing plate over to be certain the plate will move over to the desired area. I like to make sure I can jiggle the plate freely using a screwdriver in one of the holes.

Thanks Scott. I would open those holes up but the pate won't move enough. So I'm going to use plate shims between the door and the hinge. I have body shims but I don't like the way they fit. We're making our own.