C2 door " wedgie"

[Randy S.]

Adjusting the door latch on my 66 convertible today.
I noticed 2 wedges at the top of the door, one on the door one on the jamb. Are these wedges supposed to make contact when the door is closed?

Randy

[John M.]

Re: C2 door " wedgie"

Yep, the door and the decklid both have these wedges. They maintain the body gaps and keep everyhing uniform. They are adjusted by putting shims under wedge.

Regards, John McGraw

[Randy S.]

Re: C2 door " wedgie"

Thanks John,

My door gaps are good about an 1/8" and using some clay the wedgies are about 3/16" from touching. I will make some shims and get these a little closer.

Randy

[Peter L.]

Re: C2 door " wedgie"

And I bet they are a PITA to get adjusted. Pete

[John M.]

Re: C2 door " wedgie"

Randy,
You want to use the wedges in conjunction with body shimming and door adjustment to achieve uniform gaps. If the door gaps are not uniform, the first thing you want to do is adjust the door to get the front gap uniform and the gap at the rear bottom of the door to be the same as the front edge. Then, you need to adjust #3 and #4 body shims to make the rear gap uniform over the entire length of the rear edge of the door, and then adjust the wedges to where they touch and hold the door at the proper gap to the top of the quarter. This will make sure that the gap will be maintained at the same gap no matter what frame flexing takes place as the car goes over bumps and dips. They couple the rear of the doors to the quarters and keep the gap from closing up and causing the door edge from hitting the quarter as the car flexes. Another note, the current repro wedges being sold by Trim Parts are very good wedges, but they do not come with the proper screws. The correct countersunk screws are reduced head size, and the ones supplied by Trim Parts are full sized heads. If you use them, the head will stick out the top of the wedge and destroy the plastic wedge in short order. Either re-use your original screws, or find some reduced head screws if you have new wedges. The trim parts wedges should come with a stack of shims that can be slip in behind the wedges without removing the screws completely, but I think you may be able to buy these slotted-hole shims from some of the suppliers without buying new wedges.

Regards, John McGraw