'91 'Baron 'vert Driver's door kaput!

[Tony T]

Has anyone ever repaired a lower hinge mount? The entire lower hinge on the driver's door on my '91 is about to separate from the door - it's not coming unbolted, rather it's tearing off (leaving a hole where the hinge used to bolt).

I don't know if it can be welded and repaired with new hinge, or if I'm better off getting a new door.

The car is a monochrome white GTC if anyone has a good/cheap door around Northern IL.

TT

[badandy]

Has anyone ever repaired a lower hinge mount? The entire lower hinge on the driver's door on my '91 is about to separate from the door - it's not coming unbolted, rather it's tearing off (leaving a hole where the hinge used to bolt).

I don't know if it can be welded and repaired with new hinge, or if I'm better off getting a new door.

The car is a monochrome white GTC if anyone has a good/cheap door around Northern IL.

TT

I had this happen to my 87 Shelby Z years ago. I ended up having to take it to a body shop to get it fixed. They welded in some extra bracing and the door was better than new after that.

[turbotoilet]

take the fender off, hammer the hinge back in where it should be, weld all around it=good as new, common problem due to heavy doors, jeep cherokees had this happen alot too

[supercrackerbox]

Common on a lot of our cars actually. I had to re-weld a hinge on my CSX-T, and my old roomate had to do it on both of his Dakotas. Pretty common for a lot of the spot welds to break apart as well.

Hmm, maybe I should check the door on my Daytona just to be sure . . .

[135sohc]

take the fender off, hammer the hinge back in where it should be, weld all around it=good as new, common problem due to heavy doors, jeep cherokees had this happen alot too

No kidding. first time I took the drivers door off to rebuild the hinges. about dropped the door. had no idea these things were so f'ing heavy for being a 4dr sedan

I could not imagine a 2dr P, G or J body door's weight



and mine are cracked as well. hopefully that hobart 187 can handle it

[supercrackerbox]

G-bodies are a handfull, especially fully assembled (glass, motors, etc.). When I did the CSX-T, it was in the body shop at school, so I had a nifty cart to lower the door down. When I stripped a Daytona parts car this past spring, I left the doors closed, unbolted the hinges from the bulkhead, and then lifted the handles to unlatch them and muscled the doors down.

Glad I was wearing steel toe boots, I'll say that.

[HoverFish]

J-convertible doors, loaded with power locks and mirrors are hefty. I still wrangled two of those off a junkyard car and on to a wheelbarrow, then in to the back of my Hyundai Santa Fe to take them home... myself. Probably won't be doing that again :P