what is with the fuel door

[Paul_R_Canada]

Also had this issue since 27k miles when i bought the truck. Most of the time the bending only made the gaps worse and didn't fix the body rub. I then just pulled on the door as i swung it open, esp when perpendicular to the body to get it open w/o the rub. Amazingly, a few days ago as i was doing this at the pump, i heard a "pop/ping" and the door now operates perfectly and lines up better as well! I *think* that bracket that holds the hinge was bent concave and i "popped" it back straight or even convex. I can't be sure since i wasn't really trying to fix it at the time tho, sorry.

Any chance you can post a close up pic of the hinge and bracket so I can see what it looks like now it works?

 

[Paul_R_Canada]

Mine never rubbed, but it doesn't line up right and when I first got it, the door lock would not latch properly and the fuel door would "pop" open all the time. So I bent the door latch piece in some and now it latches well, but the door itself is still not lined up right with teh top okay but the bottom sticking way out.

Maybe I'll try bending the hinges some to see if I can get it to line up better.

You can easily leave the door shut and with an open palm push the door inward right at the hinge to flatten it and line it up with the body, however, this will most likely cause the rub :crybaby: to happen as the hinge side is now closer to the body so use caution, go slowly can check often it's gap by opening the door....

 

[Paul_R_Canada]

I took a pic of mine and I'll tell you what I've found so far,

You can see the bent hinge at the top (red arrow) but it's very stiff, I tried but bending it straight may damage the door or worse I may slip and damage something else.

There is very little gap between the bent hinge and the outer door skin (blue arrow) so prying it gently is out of the question as well

I did find the gap between the outer skin and the inner frame (green arrow red head) was large, by gently pinching the skin and inner frame together the problem is much better, now only full open does the door touch.



I'm reluctant to go much farther without causing door damage as that sheet metal is fairly light duty. It looks to me like the door/hinge are joined together BEFORE they rivet the frame, there is no way I can see of removing the pin without bending stuff. This looks to be a poor design overall.