new upper and lower door hinge repair problem
01-16-2010, 07:52 AM
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Car: 1985 Pontiac Trans Am
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new upper and lower door hinge repair problem
Last night I replaced my passenger side door hinge pins.The door was of the car and I used a replacement lower body side hinge(used) when I bolted the door back on it drags on the bottom.I adjusted the hinges as far as possible and it stiil drags.How do I fix this? can the hindges be bent that far off?
01-16-2010, 08:13 PM
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Car: 1989 Iroc-Z Camaro
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Re: new upper and lower door hinge repair problem
If the hinges are really bent than a auto body shop should have a door re-alignment tool to bend the hinges back into place. Takes about 10 minutes to do. Had it done once before replacing the upper pin on mine.Best place to get hinge pins ,etc is Topdownsolutions on line.They make allot of hard to find pieces for our cars. They even sell the alignment tool for like $25.00.
http://www.top-downsolutions.com/
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01-16-2010, 09:51 PM
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Re: new upper and lower door hinge repair problem
sounds good,I did buy the hindge pins from TDS.I just wasnt sure if the alignment tool would bend it up that much.Im about 3/4 inch low at the latch end of the door.
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