Door hinge repair

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Petros
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My tercel:: '84 Tercel4wd w/extensive mods
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Re: Door hinge repair

Post by Petros »

I have seen a sloppy door hinge "fixed" by using a chisel or punch with a large hammer. You put a dimple in the metal hinge next to the pin to take up the extra space. Seems like a simple enough thing to do, at least as a temporary fix. you do not need to remove any parts, just put the chisel on the side of the hinge and stricke it hard enough to distort the metal.

but I have never been able to make it work on the toyota, perhaps the hinge metal is too hard? Or I was too much of a wuss to hit it hard enough; seems you can do a lot of damage to other parts, or yourself, if it slips off the location you would need to strike and deform the hinge metal.
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helipilot77
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My tercel:: 1984 SR5 wagon
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Re: Door hinge repair

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I had to pull my door off this weekend to paint it (finally). And wanted to show that the hinge bolts can be removed without removing the fender.

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