ANYONE KNOW HOW TO (AND IF ITS POSSIBLE) REMOVE AND REPLACE DOOR HINGE PINS IN A MK2 GOLF 3 DOOR ?..AND WHERE WOULD ONE GET NEW PINS ..
is it coss your door has dropped a bit and is a bit dodgy to shut, if so just get a socket (about 12mm) or somthing simmilar in shape and jam it in the hindge, then slightly bend the hindge, make sure you work out which hindge needs adjusting, sound daft but its easy to do the wrong 1, as an erm friend did , and you only need the slightest of adjustment.
vw sell the pins and you can replace half the hinge too its a pig of a job...when we did mine we raised the car and then layed under the open door to beat the pin upwards...broke afew punches as it was siezed real good
i have this problem too and its now starting to pull the door pin out of the pillar downwards!! MAT81 do you mean jam i larger bolt in in place of the pin ! do you bend the pin with the door off?? have i got this all wrong a better discription ???
the hinge bending trick works well, usually its the lower hing that dropps. I use a VW wheel bolt when I do it, the colar at the top stops it falling out. But I had to go the nopposite way on my GTI becasue the door was too high and sticking out at the top! To correct this I undid the door check strap and opened the door all the way, then pushed it further outwards at the bottom
Cheers ,not To Sure About Bending The Hinge,the Doors Just Dropped A Bit An Needs A Good Clunk To Lift It To Shut...drivers Side Of Course Pass Side Is Like New..iv,e Got The Door N Wing Off @ The Moment To Repair The Door Sill Area.i,ll Have A Think About These Solutions.....[:d]
nooo you put a bolt between the hinge and bracket on the car, then slowly close the door on the bolt. As you push this bends the door hinge a little, lifting the door up. Opening the door with the check strap disconnected bends the hinge the other way, dropping the door down. This is the 'bodgit n scarper' method, the best way is to replace the hinge pin & door hinge half as above, but its not an easy job!
i had to do this to my mk2 last year, an absolute nigtmare job to do, id rather buy a new mk2 with decent hinges than replace them again lol. get a nice big lump hammer ad some strong punches. good luck
If you really must bend the hinges, then an even easier way to do it (if the doors already off) is to use an adjustable spanner to grip the hinge from above.
yeah but like i said if the door is already off you would be crazy not to just replace the hinges edit: plus bending em off the car isnt a good idea since you have no idea how much you need to bend em by...
Ah! I thought we were talking about bending the hinge parts on the car itself. It`s what I did when I fitted later doors to mine. Worked perfectly!
Hi there,my drivers side door dropped so i did the socket in the hinge trick which raised the door,my problem now is that the lock doesn't seem to line up properly now,although it still shuts if you slam it. Is there any way you can adjust the door locks?i couldn't see a way. Cheers Rob.
I'm going to go for the hinge and pin replacement. Not sure if this is posted elsewhere on here but there is an on-line parts catalogue with exploded views (tech publication) http://www.vagcat.com e.g. the door parts, inc hinges and pins, are here: http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/vw/GO/1991/110/56/1095238/
