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Old 06-20-2006, 05:26 PM   #1
Panelrodder
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Suicide hinge problems... Major!!!

New name but same person. I don't have access to my old account to get a message w/ my password that I forgot!

I bought some hinges, not really a kit, from Autoloc for my 53 GMC panel truck. I love the look and have seen only one panel with them and it was a Ford. I setup the frame for level front to back and side to side. Began marking the hinges for location. Got them level final marked and cut holes. Began slowly grinding and fileing the holes until there was a nice tight fit for the hinges. Put the pockets in the holes until the hinge stop portion, the part of the pocket that become full square tubing and not u-channel, marked and cut off the excess. Tacked the pockets in place, installed the hinges, clamped a piece of steel to both and checked for binding. Both swung perfectly!!! Just b-e-a-utiful! With the door on the original hinges and fitting just a nicely as the hinges swung, I shut it as far as it would go. Marked and began the tedious process of slowly cutting just enough metal out for the door pockets to fit snuggly. Tacked them in. Removed the door from the factory hinges and promptly installed them on the new ones. Excitedly I prepared for the amazing feet of opeing my doors backward..... and they don't. They won't even open a couple inches. The door skin almost imediatly smacks the body. Went ove the ONE PAGE of weak ***** instructions and then three tutorials that I found online and could find nothing wrong with the installation. I have since recreated the situation, to scale, in Adobe Illustrator. The first photo is the as is setup. In the second image you can see the original setup, red, and three alternate and almost equally sucessful alternatives in the green, yellow, and blue hinge points. Yellow involves cutting out the pockets and more door jam and welding them back in closer to the outter body skin. Green and Blue are two version of the second option, which is to cut out the pockets. Weld on 3/4 to 1 inch extensions, or fab up new ones all together, to mount them deeper in the jam. Looking at my images, reading my text, and pondering as deep as I know all of you are, , which of my two options seem to be the best? Are both crap? Have any other suggestions? Am I totally screwed?

Just a side note, there have been some bad reviews of this "kit" but other than I seem to have installed them wrong, I would like to defend Autoloc in that the quality seems to be great. I bought the deluxe versions that have a little tube welded to the top that is a "built in" wire loom! Pretty neat and simple way to hide wires, a limited number of them but hide them none the less.
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