droppy door fix with pics

[Schakal]

thought it would be a good idea to do a little report about this
as i am doing it at the moment . please note all techniques used
here are my personal way of doing this and i am by no means a mechanic etc .
the car used in pictures is my renault 9 gtx but as far as i am concerned
its the same in all 5/11/19 and clios (mk1) with torx pins in door hinges as
it seems to work for me ,hence i put it up here . use it at your own risk :cooter:

as far as i understand ,the doors start dropping once the slit bushes and torx
pins inside the doors wear over time . to replace them you have to take the doors
out . i am not going to go too deep into taking doors out . you simply unscrew the
torx pins and pull them out as well as the check strap pin in the middle of the door .
after unplugging the door loom ,the door comes out .
hardest part is to get them torx pins to budge , on my car 2 of the torx pins were rounded off ,in the end i had to cut the hinges from the middle with a very fine cutting disc and weld them back on afterwards .

once the door is out , you are looking at this .
a slit bush at the top of the hinge ,there also is another one at the bottom of
the same hinge . luckily where they are tapped in from top and bottom there
is a tiny gap before they meet which allows you to use something similar to
the bit in the pic to tap them out with a hammer .

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=962&pictureid=10352


https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=962&pictureid=10353

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=962&pictureid=10354


then tap the bottom one out

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=962&pictureid=10355


all 4 bushes removed from both hinges

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=962&pictureid=10349


and a little clean with some paper dipped in thinners reveal the
crap (best to get some grease in there before fitting new bushes ) .

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=962&pictureid=10356

i will be fitting my bushes at a later date after the car is sprayed .
but here is a picture of the trial fit (not tapped all the way in )

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=962&pictureid=10351

hope this helps others :agree:

[HULK]

Excellent write up my friend. I will be having a go at this in spring

[NayJ]

yeh great little write up, could do with more of these 'how to' step by step guides, people would have a go at fitting and fixing stuff themselves rather that pestering the f$$$ outa there area reps and would learn more about the car they drive ;)

[Ian S]

yeh great little write up, could do with more of these 'how to' step by step guides
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=17

[Ian S]

hardest part is to get them torx pins to budge , on my car 2 of the torx pins were rounded off ,in the end i had to cut the hinges from the middle with a very fine cutting disc and weld them back on afterwards .

Can you explain more what you mean about "cut the hinges from the middle".

Thanks.

Do you mind if I add this to the existing article on door hinges?