heh
i just got dont fixing my doors last night...

we thought it was gonna be hinges and stuff like that, but it turns out after we got the door off, it was just the pin and bushing!

well off to advanced we go, and what do you know, damnit, they gotta order that part, well that sucks, everyone else and there mom had to order it, but Autozone, told us we had to bring the door up there for them to tell us! Well toss the door in my bro's CVS cargo van, off for a little road trip, well to sum that up it was a big was te of time, we are still partless, and its rounding 7pm...

This is where it gets good
heh

off to my local hardware store...

after leaving after spending like $5(and, if i had a pic of it, better than any pin and bsuhings you could toss in there) we had some brass bolts, some brass bushings, and a few other stupid things that im takin back...

heres what we did...
the door is off, and the hinges are off, after cutting the old pin and bushing out, we cut the bolts we got, because they was a little too long, used a wire brush and cleaned up a little where the hinges attached and where the pins and bushings went, had to drill the holes for the pin a little bit bigger to compensate the bolt, then we took the bushings, cut them, and shaved some of them off to fit where the old bushing was, then greased them up a little bit, put the bolt thru, put on a washer, put the bushing on, and tightened them in with some special steel nut thing, i dunno i aint a technical guy, and put the door back on...haha, if you plan on doing this yourself, this part is a B*TCH!@#$ Definately much easier with 2 people, and a 2x4, a car jack with a board on it, and some time well, we got the door back on and everything, and, there went from having a lot of play, the bottom of the door was sagging really bad, to no play at all, and the crazy thing is, we didnt do **** to the bottom hinge! ah, it was so nice, my door doesnt scrap anymore, and i also tightened my door handle, found out the bolt fell off, and the other was loose, tightened those down, threw a new bolt on, good to go...

its like ive gotten a new door =)

heh, i dont care what you guys think, it works, and im acually surprised, and it was a cheap as hell fix, plus those bolts are about twice as big as those pins where, so hopefully ill be good to go for a while...if she goes down again, im just getting new hinges and all that stuff then...

i want your opinions, good or bad...

heh

 

If it works, its all good.

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Third Gen Project
1989 305 tbi Camaro RS Red/Red
Ram Air II Hood
Centerline Champ 500 Rims
Edelbrock Open Element
MacEwen White Faced Guages

"Stock?! Theres nothing "stock" about a stock car."

 

im just so happy, thats why theres really no point to my post...just had to share it

 

The mods that u used to repair your door is something that I thought about doing to my car. What size bolts were they? & what size bushings & also these are the 2 top rivets on the door, Right?

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86 Tramaro 90% Trans Am/ 10% IROC/Z (nose, hood,& fenders)
Trans Am Mods as of 1/10/01
3inch
T.E.S/Flowmaster setup,gutted cat,gutted maf,relocated mat,373 gears,upgraded factory chip,255 liter h/press. walpro f/pump & throttle body coolant bypass
njdaewoo@excite.com

 

That reminds me of fixing my power window with a single huge bolt. The spring was broken on it and the motor is actually strong enough to push it by itself and i just bolted the X type rod thingy to the door lol, thats on the POS. that was over 2 years ago still works....knock on wood

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1992 RS 3.1
1985 POS (SC 2.8 CFI)

 

they was 1/2 inch brass bolts and bushing and washers and stuff, total cost was $11 at my local hardware store...

we only did the top hinge, didnt even mess with the bottom one, and there is like NO play in my door at all...

we did have to "shave" just a little off the bushings, and we did have to cut the bolts, get some lock nuts too...