Door hinge issue
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Door hinge issue
1980 350. AT
Guys,
anyone work on their upper hinge while attached?
the ‘S’ shaped rod within the hinge has broke, dis-abling the stay open feature of the door. Wondering if its a replace in situ, kind of thing, or remove, replace and re-insrall the whole hinge? Or just live with the door always wanting to close on your leg….
DW
Guys,
anyone work on their upper hinge while attached?
the ‘S’ shaped rod within the hinge has broke, dis-abling the stay open feature of the door. Wondering if its a replace in situ, kind of thing, or remove, replace and re-insrall the whole hinge? Or just live with the door always wanting to close on your leg….
DW
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From: colo
There are several threads about this on here , and also videos if you do a search. Mine is broken also, and I have the tool to tweak it into place. The problem I am having is I have electric windows , so the protective case from the car to the door keeps getting in the way of the hinge , and there is very little room to get the spring in the hinge. I messed with mine for at least 30 minutes trying to get the spring in the hinge in order to tweak it and knock the spring up. No success . Some day I may try again if I can find a better video of someone doing it on the car..
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Check this thread out:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...g-install.html
It's easy to do, 15 minutes tops. Follow the Wilcox video.👍
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...g-install.html
It's easy to do, 15 minutes tops. Follow the Wilcox video.👍
