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Does anyone know how to adjust the top clam door. Mine is stiff to close.

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If you find out, PLMK. Mine is very stiff to open. I don't think it is opening all the way either.

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Found out you can use 1955-1957 nomads rear brackets to.hold the upper clam door open

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That is good to know.
I thought that might be possible.
Before i found replacements for my non-catching upper slides I bought a Danchuk Mfg. repair kit for nomad slides. I didnt get around to trying the kit, but i think it would work to fix intact non working slides.

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if the pivot pin in the hinge is bent or worn the door will be hard to open.
one of mine is bent slightly (from backing into a pole with the end gate up), lubing it helps. also be sure the slides are lubed.

I recently had my rear window out, i was surprised how light and easy to open the upper gate was without glass in it. if i every need to replace it i will get some light weight lexan or plexiglass.

the 1963 shop manual has instructions to adjust the hinge to center and flush the door to the body. I think your door would have to be way out of adjustment to make it stiff to close. maybe you have too thick weatherstripping or its placed wrong?

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one issue would be the bottom bracket needs to slitly modified. I purchased a set on ebay for 89. hoping to have them by monday

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no weather-stripping on the clam doors.. but ill try the pin idea tonight.

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Nomad arms are shorter

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Randy
two style of nomads had them.. one is short the other long. I bought the wagon one. just came in. ill take a look at it when I get home

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what is the length they need to be?

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Here it is

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I am converting my hatch to struts. Does anybody know what the thread size is for the embedded nuts in the side of the hatch? I tried 1/4-28 which doesn’t seem to work.

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Yep - 55-57 Nomad supports are definitely too short. They only came in one length - not a long or short.

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you might be right. but in my case it better than nothing. I might need to change the mounting holes to make it work. or extension on it. ive seen on facebook someone selling brackets to use gas assist on them.

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Hi:

There is a great post in the 60-66 Suburban forum on a gas assist installation. I basically copied the brackets shown in the post, and bought a couple of struts. The only wrinkle for me was that the struts were too short to open the hatch all the way, so I ordered longer ones. Pretty easy mod.

Will see if I can find the post again to share.

Dave

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Here is the link to the gas strut installation:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=504141&page=6

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another alternative if you don't want to do gas shocks is camper shell end gate support slides.
before 2001 when i got my first computer I thought endgate slides were made of unobtainium I used a 2x4 or a pole to hold my endgate open.

One day I was in the wallyworld RV section and found a set of slides in a discount bin for $1.99, the end brackets had to be replaced with those from my original slides and the slide was about one inch shorter then the originals, but they worked well for 2 years until i went over a speed bump too fast with the end gate up and one slide "folded". I went back to walmart and they had a set on the regular shelf for $19.99. i bought those and they have been used on my truck for almost 20 years now.

to eliminate the end gate from crashing down and folding again i drilled a hole in the slide and secure it with a nut and bolt when i want to leave the end gate up while driving.

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Thanks

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Thanks