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usariemen
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 Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:04 pm Post subject: Taking a door hinge apart |
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I had the problem to take two door hinges apart.
If you ever tried you may know that those bolts just do not want to move at all.
There had been an original tool that once existed at VW dealerships.
But I found nobody who ownes it and could lend it to me.
So I tried to copy it. And it worked!
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VEE DUB BOYS
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:47 pm Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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| Great tool for a difficult operation. Have you ever removed the hinge rivets from the door and repaired that area? |
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nlorntson
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Location: Twin Cities, MN
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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| VEE DUB BOYS wrote: |
| Have you ever removed the hinge rivets from the door and repaired that area? |
We did remove the rivets on an oval door to repair the pillar.
For replacements we used similar sized allen head screws with a tapered head. Screwed them together with a nut on the inside of the pillar. Added a blob of weld to fill the allen head and ground it off flat. |
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VEE DUB BOYS
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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| VEE DUB BOYS wrote: |
| Have you ever removed the hinge rivets from the door and repaired that area? |
We did remove the rivets on an oval door to repair the pillar.
For replacements we used similar sized allen head screws with a tapered head. Screwed them together with a nut on the inside of the pillar. Added a blob of weld to fill the allen head and ground it off flat. |
Sounds very useful. A buddy has this issue , but it's complicated by the convertible brace on the inside of an early ribbed door. We'll give it a shot. Thanks! |
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peter schepens
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:05 am Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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Carsten, why you did not ask.. i have the matra tool 
I just replaced one on my door also to put on a threaded head for a mirror.
You made a nice copy.
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usariemen
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:34 am Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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| VEE DUB BOYS wrote: |
| Have you ever removed the hinge rivets from the door and repaired that area? |
We did remove the rivets on an oval door to repair the pillar.
For replacements we used similar sized allen head screws with a tapered head. Screwed them together with a nut on the inside of the pillar. Added a blob of weld to fill the allen head and ground it off flat. |
I used screws instead of rivets as well.
IŽll fill the slots with something and after paint it will not be visible.
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usariemen
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:36 am Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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| peter schepens wrote: |
Carsten, why you did not ask.. i have the matra tool
I just replaced one on my door also to put on a threaded head for a mirror.
You made a nice copy. |
Damn! I asked several people but not you.
Well, now I have it. If I ever need it again, it will be here.
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Isbrand52
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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| Gab Fab of the Samba sell such a tool danny gabard |
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danny gabbard
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:31 am Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1493477 One of the products and service's at GAB-FAB The one in video is my first gen tool .
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usariemen
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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That looks really good. But mine just had cost me a bag of coffee powder that the guy at the scrap yard wanted for the material.
Some work and time addded and it was done.
Mine covers my needs.
Yours might be useful for a real workshop for regular use.
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Zwitterkafer
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:47 pm Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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I have one of those hinge pin driving tools as well. Once I had a hinge pin that was so tight, that it was the proverbial immovable object, on which I was applying an unstoppable force. The result? The hardened steel driving pin starts to punch a hole sideways out of the softer metal hinge pin bore!
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usariemen
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| Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:57 am Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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| VEE DUB BOYS wrote: |
| Great tool for a difficult operation. Have you ever removed the hinge rivets from the door and repaired that area? |
HereŽs a pic.
Screws work well.
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artbyedo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: taking a door hinge apart |
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Awesome job dude! I guess now you can lend that to someone!
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