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Offline vik

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3dr Door Sagging
« on: 29 June 2012, 18:17 »
What do I need to sort this? I'm guessing some kind of bushes, but I don't have a clue what? Anyone had this problem before who can point me in the right direction?

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Offline Thom89

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Re: 3dr Door Sagging
« Reply #1 on: 29 June 2012, 18:30 »
Clear as mud!

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Re: 3dr Door Sagging
« Reply #2 on: 29 June 2012, 20:13 »
 :smiley:  front or rear ..?
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Re: 3dr Door Sagging
« Reply #3 on: 30 June 2012, 13:49 »
Quote from: Thom89 on 29 June 2012, 18:30
Clear as mud!

Thom

Really? I thought it was all in the title to be honest.

One of the doors, on my three door VW Mk2 Golf GTI, is sagging. What do I need to fix it?
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Re: 3dr Door Sagging
« Reply #4 on: 30 June 2012, 14:16 »
Could be any one of about 4 different issues.
Open your door half way, grab hold of the top of the frame and door handle, and lift the door in a up and down motion, if the door has any play, then its most likely the hinge pins need replacing... in extreme cases the hinge mounting points could be rotten, allowing the hinge its self to move... check these areas first

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Re: 3dr Door Sagging
« Reply #5 on: 30 June 2012, 19:18 »
I had to have the bracket rewelded on my old mk2 as it had came away
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Re: 3dr Door Sagging
« Reply #6 on: 30 June 2012, 19:31 »
Easy super jimmy  :laugh:
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Re: 3dr Door Sagging
« Reply #7 on: 30 June 2012, 22:02 »
Haha i do try  :wink:
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Re: 3dr Door Sagging
« Reply #8 on: 01 July 2012, 01:33 »
I was told by a MK2 "specialist" body shop that when a door started dropping there was feck all you can do - Based on the basic assumption that both body and door hinges were intact and not moving...

So are you saying that you can knock out the door hinge pin on the door and replace it?



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Re: 3dr Door Sagging
« Reply #9 on: 01 July 2012, 01:55 »
Quote from: X4MGS on 01 July 2012, 01:33
I was told by a MK2 "specialist" body shop that when a door started dropping there was feck all you can do - Based on the basic assumption that both body and door hinges were intact and not moving...

So are you saying that you can knock out the door hinge pin on the door and replace it?





Unbolt door, place carefully on some sort of table/tressel... Then using a heavy drift and hammer, knock the lower pin, in an upwards direction, and the upper pin in a downwards direction, then replace with these... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLF-MK1-GTI-MK2-CABRIO-CADDY-DOOR-HINGE-PINS-GENUINE-/251012671218?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a718566f2#ht_1480wt_960
Sorted!

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