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 Blue65
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| posted on February 9th, 2013 at 12:59 AM |
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Sagging right door
The right side door of my VW Beetle (1964 vintage) is sagging slightly.
There doesn't seem to be that much rust in the A pillar. If I can recall - some welding work was done to it - 20 years ago to repair a crack.
But the skin at the bottom of the actual rightside door hinge is slightly buckled.
Is there a good way to fix it? Any suggestions?
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| posted on February 9th, 2013 at 07:38 AM |
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Hi
A buckle in the skin usually indicates that door has been opened too far without a check strap fitted
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| posted on February 9th, 2013 at 10:59 PM |
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I thnk that is a check strap which is suppose to prevent the door from going too far. But it might be loose or something.
Can the door buckle be fixed?
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| posted on February 11th, 2013 at 08:37 AM |
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check strap is no match for strong wind or backing into something while the door is open and not normally breaking the strap.
seen it happen to many times before and results in crooked doors that don't close right.
Its pretty common thing to see on all cars.
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| posted on February 11th, 2013 at 09:43 AM |
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possible the door hinge pins need replacing
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| posted on February 11th, 2013 at 10:20 AM |
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easiest way to check is lift the door and see if there is any excessive play.
if there is, its the pins, isn't its got bent somewhere at some stage.
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