Diablo Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Went to get the bonnet catch lined up and bolted down last night. The bonnet pin is about an inch too far to the right of the catch. The wings look aligned in relation to the rest of the body, and the bonnet is parallel to the bulkhead, yet it looks skewed compared to the wings. Tried to do some adjustment with the hinges, then found that there wasn't any in there, so abandoned it for the night. Any known solutions for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Sounds silly, but the bonnet is in the hinges properly? I know when I've put mine back on in a rush and found it doesn't line up, I've usually missed one hinge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Sadly not; I wish it was that simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Is the bulkhead straight? It is unusual for the bulkhead outriggers to be in the right (same each side!) place so some packing (washers on the bolts) may be needed between the bulkhead and the outriggers.. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Hmm, one thing to investigate I guess. Would that not have made hanging the doors a right game though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads Toy Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Have you got both ecccentric inserts in the hinges on the bulkead the right way round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 I can't see them making enough of a difference if they were the wrong way round but hadn't thought of that, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Well unfortunatly it's nothing as simple as the bushes. The pin needs to move a good 1/2 inch to the driver's side, this would need stupid amounts of spacers in the bulkhead so I'm not sure it is that? Everything else about it lines up fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Bear in mind, it only needs a small movement at the bulkhead end to produce a much larger movement at the slam panel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 run away? the catch in the slam panel will move but by the sounds of it thats not your problem. would they fit right without the bushes for now and then you could see where its misaligned better with the bonnet completely shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 To move the bonnet catch 1" would need only a fraction of that adjustment at the bulkhead, less than 1/4" I suspect, try 1/8" as a start and see what you get. Washers are probably in the order of 1/16" each. If the door gaps start looking very wrong then you may have to consider if the front panel/and wings are in the right place... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I've had the same problem and I resolved it by moving the bulkhead, a right PIA job on a fully built vehicle HTH Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Well it fits if I don't have the hinge bushes in.... So maybe I'll be able to fettle with the hinges to get it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Have you got the bushes in the hinges correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 As far as I know. they only want to work one way Which is the correct way, for reference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Can't really describe it sorry.... hmmm, well are they both in the same position? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Yes. Thinnest side towards the bulkhead I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Did some measuring last night: The pin is approx 3/4" too far to the nearside (right when looking at it) of the catch. I marked the centre line of the chassis, and the bonnet pin is about 1/8 too far to the right of that, and the catch is a good 1/4 too far to the left (offside). As well as this the hinge pins on the bulkhead are about 1/4 to the nearside. So to fix it, the offside wing needs to shift a fair amount towards the centre, but it is right up against the chassis mounting brackets. Can't see what to do really, short of denting the wing to move it more and perhaps filing the hinges an 1/8 and hope for the best. The bulkhead is 5ft across (approx) and the distance to the catch is 44", so a large amount of offset from the outrigger would be needed, which would mean the doors won't shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-c Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I had this issue when i replaced my bulk head on my 90. the only way i got around it was to slacken the bulk head on the relevant side and i used a ratchet strap to pull bulkhead back then tightened the bolts.. This still wasnt enough to align the bonnet so i made the bonnet hinge bolt holes bigger on both sides so i had some movement, mine aligned nicely after that and the door alignment looks good too.. I put it down to the bulkhead twisting after it was galvenised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 I shall have to play around tomorrow I think then. Must say, I'm not overly keen on moving the bulkhead, so might try some other methods first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy_SP Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 How did you sort the problem in the end? Can you even remember after all this time? I'm facing almost the same problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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