Tinka_Dill
21-04-2010, 10:45
K' folks.. I know this problem dates back to the dawn of time but now its time to finally put it to bed!!
Prob is on my white 5 drivers door, there is a small amount of play on the lower hinge which is doing my head in. Door shuts fine and I know its only a small amount of wobble but it's only gonna get worse so last week I replaced both door pins with brand new one's. I knew it was probably the hinge that was worn but I thought I'd give changing the pins a try anyway.... you guessed it new pins but still wobbles :cry:.
Soooo.. knocked out the brand new split pin (concentrating on the bottom pin as that's where the play is) and tried various shims on the middle part of the hinge (the shell hinge) but it wasn't precise enough. Also tried wedging in a brass shim from that's used on the torx type pins but it was too big to fit the hinge hole and too small to take a split pin. As daylight was coming to an end I just replaced a pin to take me back to square one....gonna tackle the problem again over next couple of weeks :sad2:.
Here's the plan to fix once and for all...!!
Decided I'm gonna drill both door hinge holes and body hinge hole to a uniform 7.5mm/8mm width using a right-angle drill. Then gonna fit an 8mm pin. I figured the problem will raise itself in another 15/20yrs but there's still enough meat in the metal for another widening.
Question: Does anyone have or know how to get an 8mm split pin? Failing that gonna use a simple 8mm bolt and tighten a nut on the end!!
Thanks for your help guys....:)
Prob is on my white 5 drivers door, there is a small amount of play on the lower hinge which is doing my head in. Door shuts fine and I know its only a small amount of wobble but it's only gonna get worse so last week I replaced both door pins with brand new one's. I knew it was probably the hinge that was worn but I thought I'd give changing the pins a try anyway.... you guessed it new pins but still wobbles :cry:.
Soooo.. knocked out the brand new split pin (concentrating on the bottom pin as that's where the play is) and tried various shims on the middle part of the hinge (the shell hinge) but it wasn't precise enough. Also tried wedging in a brass shim from that's used on the torx type pins but it was too big to fit the hinge hole and too small to take a split pin. As daylight was coming to an end I just replaced a pin to take me back to square one....gonna tackle the problem again over next couple of weeks :sad2:.
Here's the plan to fix once and for all...!!
Decided I'm gonna drill both door hinge holes and body hinge hole to a uniform 7.5mm/8mm width using a right-angle drill. Then gonna fit an 8mm pin. I figured the problem will raise itself in another 15/20yrs but there's still enough meat in the metal for another widening.
Question: Does anyone have or know how to get an 8mm split pin? Failing that gonna use a simple 8mm bolt and tighten a nut on the end!!
Thanks for your help guys....:)