Door sag

[alpinecrick]

Went through a high pressure car wash last week and washed my passenger seat. Look into it and my doors are sagging bad. So i replaced the pins and bushings... no difference.
I can feel to play when i wiggle my door up and down.
What is happeneing to me?

If the door is still sagging after replacing the pins and bushings the door pin holes in the hinges are probably wallowed out and are elongated.

Two fixes: The holes can be welded and redrilled. Need to redrill the holes in the precisely centered spot or the door wont close/fit properly.
Or replace the hinges. The factory hinges are welded to the door frame so the welds have to be ground off and the new hinges are installed with bolts and those bolt holes have to be drilled into the A pillar and into the door.

 

[Doubeleive]

go the to a real hardware store and look for a sleeve or have some made by a machine shop, there is a few on ebay but you may have to message them for specs

 

[alpinecrick]

My driver door is sagging to the point I want to fix it now. Its gotta take a number though

Don't go too long without replacing them or you may end up with the hinges wallowed out also......

 

[Squirrelsmith]

go the to a real hardware store and look for a sleeve or have some made by a machine shop, there is a few on ebay but you may have to message them for specs

lucky for me i am a machine shop

 

[Doubeleive]

lucky for me i am a machine shop

ok good I think slapping some sleeves in the pin slots is way easier than trying to cut-weld and-re-align new hinges

 

[Squirrelsmith]

new bushings without slop will be my first effort, see where that gets me

 

[Squirrelsmith]

The bushings for the pointed end of the pin are just overaized ones that are crushed a little to be ovalized. Pretty cheesy

 

[the 18th letter]

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Don't go too long without replacing them or you may end up with the hinges wallowed out also......

I'm gonna guess they are since the bolt that catches the door lock is showing wear and I've shaved about an 1/16 occasion metal off the top corner of the rear driver's door smh.

 

[alpinecrick]

go the to a real hardware store and look for a sleeve or have some made by a machine shop, there is a few on ebay but you may have to message them for specs

I'm liking that idea. It would be a whole lot easier than the other options.

Come to think of it, somewhere on ebay I saw oversized bushings. Possibly allowing a guy to just drill out the pin holes a little larger and inserting the oversized bushings.

 

[Squirrelsmith]

ok there was water dripping on the floor as i was driving it's time to get serious