Welded door hinge repair ?

[Russell Ashley]

That jig is a great idea, wish I'd have thought of it when I did mine. I screwed mine together and mounted the door to make sure it was right, and then welded it up.

[dug224]

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

That jig is a great idea, wish I'd have thought of it when I did mine. I screwed mine together and mounted the door to make sure it was right, and then welded it up.

Seems logical. I liked your "free stuff" post from the other day. I will collect a few items that I know will not be used and send them on their respective ways. Thanks for the hinge input. By the way, my son lives in Buckhead. Would like to track you down on one of our ATL visits and see your truck. dug

[dug224]

Measured and marked the spot welds then drilled them out. So far so good. Replacement piece to be here Friday.

[Russell Ashley]

Originally Posted by dug224

Seems logical. I liked your "free stuff" post from the other day. I will collect a few items that I know will not be used and send them on their respective ways. Thanks for the hinge input. By the way, my son lives in Buckhead. Would like to track you down on one of our ATL visits and see your truck. dug

Dug, Please do look me up when you are down this way. I'm in the Atlanta phone directory, listed exactly as my forum ID, or let me know when and I'll give you my phone numbers.. Don't expect my truck to be anything like as nice as yours though.
Russ

[dug224]

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

Dug, Please do look me up when you are down this way. I'm in the Atlanta phone directory, listed exactly as my forum ID, or let me know when and I'll give you my phone numbers.. Don't expect my truck to be anything like as nice as yours though.
Russ

Will do...and, apparently, you have not seen my truck.

[dug224]

The part I ordered was the wrong one. Had to go to plan "B" which was to rebuild existing hinge support. Went pretty well. I sand blasted it and hammered the torn metal back into a single plain and welded it all back together. Welded two new nuts into place. Should have welded three. The only remaining nut that I did not replace failed when I tightened the bolt. Will have to rethread it. I lined up the old spot welds in their old door holes and sunk about 6 sheet metal screws to pull it up tight. Had to slightly persuade the locations on the side of the door with a small hammer to get them to line up. Since the original spot welder missed three locations, I drilled new holes in the door and welded.