944 door hinges

[andyslade]

The hinges on the drivers door on my 89 turbo are worn(the door drops a bit on opening).Anyone know if this is a easy job to sort out?
Thanks,
Andrew.

 

[Peter Empson]

Hi Andrew,
It might be worth double checking if it is actually the hinge, the reason i say that is I have the same fault and on mine its caused by a weld breaking inside the door. To check get someone to gently lift the door when its open and watch the hinge area. Apparently its quite common []
best regards,
Peter

 

[andyslade]

Thanks,i have checked and it is the top hinge that is worn.Any ideas how to fix this? Is it normally the pin or the hinge itself that wears?
Thanks again,
Andrew.

 

[Lemon]

I am glad someone else has asked this as I have the same issue on my drivers door.

Like you Peter I believe it is not the hinge pins that are worn but as you say a weld inside the door (although I have not got round to taking the door panel off yet to check)

Has anyone remedied the weld and is it an easy body shop repair?

Cheers

Lee

 

[andyslade]

I have checked my hinge,and the movement is around the pin part of the hinge,so it does not appear to be a broken weld.Anyone have any ideas on a fix for this?
Thanks,
Andrew.

 

[Lemon]

Andy

I had this on an old Renault of mine and all I did was buy a new pin. Tap the old one out and tap a new one in.

It was the weight and rocking of the door wore the pin, a new pin tightened it right up.

May be worth a try.

 

[Peter Empson]

Hi Lee,
Unfortunately our problem doesn't seem to have an easy fix, its not easy to get to the weld so the normal recommendation is to change the door, but it has been suggested to me that it should be possible to cut away enough of the metal inside the door to get to the weld. I've been living with mine for about a year and will attend to it when the car gets its paintwork done soon.
Best regards,
Peter.

 

[Guest]

The hinge is welded to a plate within the door, and it looks to me as though removing an old hinge and welding a new hinge in would be a tricky job which would probably take the paint off the outside of the door - and that's after you've cut away enough of the edge to get to the weld. Ditch it, replacements are cheap. But bear in mind that the front-back positioning of the hinge on the door is not the same for all 944s. From what I can see, you need to measure the distance from the front of the door to the hinge pin and check your replacement is near-as-dammit the same. It sets the front-back position of the door and it's not adjustable except with shims or an angle grinder on the bit that bolts the hinge to the car.

On which subject, is it easy to remove the door. Obviously you undo the bolts, but what about the wiring and the restraining bit ?

 

[Fen]

The electrics plug in under the dash.