What holds the door hinges on the car?

[LOCASH]

Hey,
86GT, T-tops. What holds the door hinges against the body? There are the three bolts that go into the body side hinge, but what is on the back of those?
Is it a metal plate that they screw into or floating nutplates or something or do they screw right into threaded holes in the body?
I ask because some genius welded one of my hinges to the body and I am trying to get the doors aligned.

Thanks,
Hector

 

[jadedinpa]

i think it's a single piece of metal that the bolts thread into.

 

[mustangjoe87]

its a called a cage nut. its just a plate with 3 threaded holes that moves in a "cage" for alignment.

 

[89white50]

I wanted to align my passenger side door. Do i take out the door panel, some doors are done by the inside i know, or do i hace to loosen the bolts on the hinges that attach to the body?

 

[LOCASH]

its a called a cage nut. its just a plate with 3 threaded holes that moves in a "cage" for alignment.

Ok, so you know what it looks like. If it's missing do you think a couple of monkeys at a body shop could make a suitable substitute or does it look more complicated than it sounds?

 

[mustangjoe87]

you could make one it is a hardened steel plate. from the factory the hinges are welded to the doors so the only adjustment is on the body SORRY, you are gonna have to break those welds and clean up the surfaces.