Iv looked in all my assembly manuals. Can't find them according to this 3 ring binder book there might be a fisher body book with all the body specs and tolerances.

 

no body?

 

I'll ask my friend that owns a body shop.

I never even thought there was specs on it, just eyeball
& make sure the claw & latch work correctly, & the weather
strip seals!
Man, there's another lesson I learned!!

 

I stopped by his shop @ 4:30, guy @ my other friends auto repair across the street said they left @ 4:00 for the day!!! He NEVER closes early!!

CRAP!! Sorry FueledSoul!!

 

I'm with havoc. Years ago I saw the specs on the gaps for F-bodies but I don't remember them. Even, straight all around, nothing too close or too wide and go.

Back then GM along with the other manufacturers didn't care too much about gaps. They couldn't even get the paint to stay on!

 

lol... still theirs got to be some specs

 

it would be great if someone could scan a copy of the sheet if they find it... i got my doors half way bolted on i just need to see were the gaps should be

 

FueledSoul---
Get it figured out??

Yup, I know, it's been a looonnng time.

 

3mm

 

No dice man...

 

keeslinger31--

Can you post the page? How did you get the info??

So I talked to my friend that owns the bodyshop.
He doesn't have anything with that kind of info-- just part #s & exploded views.

 

I grabbed a 1985 Firebird service manual from work the other day and have been all over that thing trying to find the gap specs. None anywhere. Next time I'm in the shop "library" I'll look for a body service book. The FSM has a lot of body info in it but not gap specs.

3mm is the low side of unibody tolerances for that time period. Gaps are wider then that.

 

Rule of thumb -- if you can stick your thumb between body panels, the gap is too big

 

That's a good one. I'll have to remember that one but not sure if it will work on 2000 up GM truck front ends. I've seen some pretty big gaps on some of those things.

 

Yeah, guess it depends on the size of your thumb too. I've seen lots of 1968-82 Corvettes with poorly repaired body/frame damage that I can just about fit a foot between the quarter panels and doors (okay, not really, but you get the idea).

 

I know what you mean. Seen some horrible work on those cars, but they fit rough new.

I've got a untouched 1954 Vette. The bottom of the right door sticks way out at the front especially. Most pics of these cars I've seen show the same thing.

BTW, my thumb is pretty big. Probably from a few hundred smashes with a hammer, and a little Arthur!