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Repairing GQ door hinges?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:04 pm
by azzad
My front door hinges in my GQ are pretty much shot.
From what I have read on here and elsewhere the cheap eeeeebay ones aren't worth the effort.
Has anyone tried repairing there's?
I was thinking of either removing the pin and reaming out the holes to the next closest size and putting in a high tensile bolt instead of the pin.
Or
Welding the holes up and re drilling to the right size.
Yes I could go and buy some genuine ones but I don't want to.
What do others use as lube on there hinges as all the stuff I have tried gets dirt and shit stuck to it; just wasted a can of degreaser on 1 side cleaning it up.
Dazza
Re: Repairing GQ door hinges?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:19 pm
by bogged
buy some used ones.
the pins are hardened from what I read, so will be more shit than its worth
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:55 pm
by nastytroll
pins are soft, they run in a plastic bush. Its the plastic bush that wears out.
I have modded a front set. I replaced the 8mm pin with a 10mm bolt that i drilled and tapped to take a grease nipple.
I welded a steel boss in between the pin holes and drilled the holes out to 13mm.
I then pressed in bronze hatted/flanged bushes with the 10.2mm hole.
The bolts are just lightly tightened with nyloc nuts.
I used bolts with a long sholder so no thread chews he bushes and trimmed the thread down to suit.
I did these in 1998.A LOT of work for door hinges.
You could just cut the 8mm pin out, drill the outer hinge out to 10mm (the inside is already 10mm), and use lond 10mm high tensile bolts. This method is quick and would benifeit from thr occasional lube.
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:38 pm
by hotturbo
ebay worked fine for me. i think 40 each of memory from patrolpart
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:54 pm
by INDYGQ
I've had ebay one's on mine for 12 months still going great. $55 for both front doors.
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:57 pm
by ssfabricator
i bought ebay ones i have only put one side on and it makes so much noise closing the door its not funny
CREEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAK CRACK
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:03 pm
by NutterGQ
ssfabricator wrote:i bought ebay ones i have only put one side on and it makes so much noise closing the door its not funny
CREEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAK CRACK
try greasing them lol
Re: Repairing GQ door hinges?
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:07 pm
by its aford not a nissan
azzad wrote:
Has anyone tried repairing there's?
I was thinking of either removing the pin and reaming out the holes to the next closest size and putting in a high tensile bolt instead of the pin.
Dazza
this is what i did and they are working like new again
drilled out to 10mm i think