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Originally Posted by A1971Blazer
A guy on FB had an issue..... when he removed the top, the doors hit at the rear...turns out that the body mounts were replaced with the top on and the shims weren't reinstalled....he said the rocker boxes were in good shape too.
When the top came off the body drooped slightly...I think that whenever the mounts were replaced and the bolts tightened....it put the body in a slight bind that manifested itself when the top came off..
not sure of the color though..I don't think it was white...? 
Also, OP...I assume your rocker boxes are good..? |
I had "as required" in quotes, because it was a bit of a misnomer.
What we used to do for fender shims is tape a packet together, like 3 shims, and we would run those all day whether the truck we were currently building needed it or not.
Eventually the final repair supervisor would call back and say something encouraging, like "SEYMORE!! YOU IDIOT!!
WTH ARE YOU THINKING?!?! ALL THESE FENDERS ARE RUNNING HIGH!! ARE YOU EVEN
LOOKING AT THESE TRUCKS?!? TAKE A SHIM OUT BEFORE I COME BACK THERE AND SHOW YOU HOW TO DO THIS!!" I can just imagine the spittle flying into the phone mouthpiece.
So we would start running a new shim pack, like 2 shims, until he called again with his latest observation.
Basically it was to address "macro trends". You had about 45 seconds to complete the truck in front of you and move to the next one; that's not enough time to fit and re-fit each individual truck.
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