Door hinge.

[James. 7]

The lower drivers door hinge is baggier than a clowns pocket. Anyone know how to remove/replace the securing pin (couldn’t see anything in Bentley). Would rather replace than going the washer route.

[fla 9]

I think it presses in from the top. Perhaps you could use a socket and g-clamp?

[James. 7]

Cheers, There’s a bevel on the lower edge so  thought as much. I’ll give that a whirl and see how it goes.

Edited September 30, 2020 by James.

[tonedef 8]

11 hours ago, James. said:

Cheers, There’s a bevel on the lower edge so  thought as much. I’ll give that a whirl and see how it goes.

If you have any joy with this we need photos! This is one of my jobs this winter.

[James. 7]

On 10/1/2020 at 11:18 AM, tonedef said:

If you have any joy with this we need photos! This is one of my jobs this winter.

Will do

[twinbeltg60 2]

Hi, 

This is a difficult job to do, need to do mine at some point, I attach a old post from 2011 from this very forum which shows his solution, good luck, and if you mange to do this please post how you did it , maybe with pics ?

Door hinge pin replacement! -..- - Exterior - The Corrado Forum (the-corrado.net)

[fla 9]

I used a shim behind the hinge bracket to realign and take up the slack on mine. Must have been about 15 years ago now.

[tonedef 8]

2 hours ago, fla said:

I used a shim behind the hinge bracket to realign and take up the slack on mine. Must have been about 15 years ago now.

I looked at doing this but due to the design of the hinges a shim moves the door forwards, narrowing the panel gap. To cure a drooping door caused by play in the bottom hinge I had to shim the top hinge which I did using some pretty thin shim steel, maybe 0.5mm, and ended up chipping the paint closing the door due to the reduced panel gap.

At the moment I’m back to living with a drooping door and knowing that one day I’ll have to do the hinge pin!!!

Edited January 4, 2021 by tonedef

[Keyo 47]

If there is no play in the hinge and old trick is to put some timber under the door and a cloth and jack it up gently . 

[fla 9]

1 hour ago, tonedef said:

I looked at doing this but due to the design of the hinges a shim moves the door forwards, narrowing the panel gap. To cure a drooping door caused by play in the bottom hinge I had to shim the top hinge which I did using some pretty thin shim steel, maybe 0.5mm, and ended up chipping the paint closing the door due to the reduced panel gap.

At the moment I’m back to living with a drooping door and knowing that one day I’ll have to do the hinge pin!!!

Chipping certainly is not nice.  I used two shims iirc (i'll have a check again!) to push the top out but i dont remember having any issues with alignment afterwards.. maybe my door is already wonky!

Yes you're right - shims behind the top hinge.  Bottom hinge will accentuate the drop

 

 

Edited January 4, 2021 by fla

[tonedef 8]

5 hours ago, fla said:

Chipping certainly is not nice.  I used two shims iirc (i'll have a check again!) to push the top out but i dont remember having any issues with alignment afterwards.. maybe my door is already wonky!

Yes you're right - shims behind the top hinge.  Bottom hinge will accentuate the drop

 

 

I probably made my panel gaps too small, after all it was me fitted the wings when it came out of the body shop so I’ve only got myself to blame haven’t I!!!