Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 20:23:00 -0700
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Front door hinge pin update
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You are a better man than me! I'd need that kid pressed into service to
insert the washers.
For those who have no clue what we are talking about, the hinge is attached
to the FRONT of the body mounting flange (behind it), and the access isn't
great. On a normal door, you would shim the bottom hinge out from the frame
it's mounted to raise it.
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: Alistair Bell [mailto:albell@shaw.ca]
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 8:14 PM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: Front door hinge pin update
Ok, I'll try to explain...
It was the top hinge, I had the door open and supported on a workmate, the
tool kind not the press ganged kid.
Bolts removed, hinge kinda falls forward and I could get a washer slipped in
from the side and I used one of those magnets on telescoping stick to hold
it in place while I pulled the hinge back to trap it. Then I managed to get
that bolt started which held the washer.
I only got that bolt on one turn or so, that allowed the hinge to still lay
forward enough so I could get the next washer in place and that bolt
started.
I think the key was having the door well supported in its "natural"
position, ie not drooping.
Alistair
> On May 21, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Alistair, you need to go into some detail here. I cannot see any way
> to get washers in there unless the door is removed, which is why I
> thought slipping in shim stock might be easier, but even that is fiddly.
How did you do it?
> Magnets? Hire a 12 year old helper with tiny fingers (and have his/her
> parent sign a waiver)?
>
> (Snip) "....It is a bit fiddly to get the washers in there."
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Alistair Bell
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 2:20 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Front door hinge pin update
>
> A while back I posted how I detected some play in the, and I assumed
> upper, hinge pin in driver side door. This allowed the door to drop
> ever so slightly when opened.
>
> The proper fix would be a new pin, but that's beyond me right now.
> What I did manage to do was to insert two washers between the door
> hinge and the body part that the hinge is bolted to. To raise the door
> slightly I had to place them there, and that is on the forward surface
> of the body part that gets the door hinge. The washers were a tad
> under 1mm thick and was enough to bring the door back into alignment
> with the body panels on the body. I tired shim stock first but it took
> much more thickness than I expected and it ended up that washers were
> the answer. It is a bit fiddly to get the washers in there.
>
> After I got the door in line with the body I adjusted the striker
> plate and all is well now. I don't feel that annoying drop when I open the
door.
>
> I still would like to fix it with a new pin, but I think that's going
> to be a bit of an involved process with an over sized pin and reaming the
hinge.
>
> Alistair
>
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