sagging door Need help
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From: WI
Car: 1989 GTA
Engine: LS1
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 9bolt 3.27s
sagging door Need help
I have an 89 GTA w/ T-tops, My drivers side door is hanging so low that it's scrapping on my ground FX and my pasenger door is also hanging low but not scrapping the ground FX yet. Where did you get the hardware to fix this, how much was it, is it easy to do, and how long did it take to do? Thanks for your help
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From: In a mint Third Gen!
Car: Red 87 IROC-Z28 T-Top
Engine: 5.7 Tuned Port Injection
Transmission: 700R4 Auto
Axle/Gears: BW 9-Bolt 3.27
www.3rdgensolutions.com
http://web.camaross.com/bb/Forum12/HTML/012310.html If you wanna read up on this more.
http://web.camaross.com/bb/Forum12/HTML/012310.html If you wanna read up on this more.
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From: N. Illinois
Car: 92 GTA/ 00 TA
Engine: 383/350
Transmission: 700R4/T-56
I used the above posted link for the upper hinge and i hit up GM for the pin and bushings in the lower hinge.
The lower hinge took about two hours. I actually had to remove my hinge, fill in the pin hole, and re-drill. The hinge itself started wearing away.
The upper hinge took me about 2.5 hours. About 2 hours of that time was spent in grinding/cutting the old pins out.
My door no longer sags
Now I just have to paint everything so nothing rusts.
The lower hinge took about two hours. I actually had to remove my hinge, fill in the pin hole, and re-drill. The hinge itself started wearing away.
The upper hinge took me about 2.5 hours. About 2 hours of that time was spent in grinding/cutting the old pins out.
My door no longer sags
Now I just have to paint everything so nothing rusts.
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From: 62656
Car: 1991 S10 pickup 2700lbs
Engine: 4.3L Z TBI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.08 7.625"
alright how did you remove your hinge if it is welded to car ? my lower is shot, eating through the hinge metal itself and sagging bad, the lower most bushing slid out of the hole and the pin has been eating out the hinge hole..... hole is too large now to pop the bushing back in, i would think that the bushing should have been inserted form above and not from below so that it couldnt slide out like that,. or did the assembly line person have a bad day that day ?
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From: N. Illinois
Car: 92 GTA/ 00 TA
Engine: 383/350
Transmission: 700R4/T-56
Bottom hinge:
one half is welded to the door. the other half is bolted to the door frame.
for me the part of the hinge that was bad was the half bolted to the car. simply remove the bolts and there you go.
the bushing's are supposed to be in like that.
one half is welded to the door. the other half is bolted to the door frame.
for me the part of the hinge that was bad was the half bolted to the car. simply remove the bolts and there you go.
the bushing's are supposed to be in like that.
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