5 GT Turbo Drivers Door Dropped

[Ash Robinson]

Hi all, making good progress on my tungy 5 I bought the other month, a niggle im in the process of sorting now is the drivers door has dropped. I'm in unfamiliar territory here and not sure what I need to sort it out. Looking at replacement parts, there's door hinge pins and door hinge roll pins? is there any difference in what they do and where they go at all? and could it be down to them why my door has dropped? or a door check strap split pin or the torx door hinge roll pins?

To me most of these parts look the same?

It would be very helpful if someone could shed some light on this problem/these parts for me at all lol or know what is going wrong and could tell me the correct part needed.

Thanks

 

[Brucieboy]

The hinges will either have a screw in Torx headed pin or a normal hammer in roll pin.
Check strap has a smaller roll pin.
If door is worn you can either fit a bush kit with screw in or drill out to fit larger 8mm? roll pins.

 

[bbob]

you need to look at you pins first, and see if they are hollow or have a torx head.
replacing the pins will probably fix the drooping door, but you might have to bend the hinge itself a bit if its overly worn.

 

[Ash Robinson]

Thanks guys, mine doesnt have the torx pins, the door still shuts, sometimes it takes a couple of tries but when you open it, thats when you can feel it drop a little, new pins are ony £3 so cheap fix, is it a reasonably easy job to do?

 

[Brucieboy]

In theory it is very simple but sods law works overtime on the 5.

 

[Ash Robinson]

It will all be worth it in the end! :i-m_so_happy.gif:

 

[Brucieboy]

I have so many more pressing issues on my car. The dodgy doors can wait!

 

[bbob]

Thanks guys, mine doesnt have the torx pins, the door still shuts, sometimes it takes a couple of tries but when you open it, thats when you can feel it drop a little, new pins are ony £3 so cheap fix, is it a reasonably easy job to do?

it can be pretty tough to get the old pins out, but if you have someone to help you it's not too bad.
i used a hinge pin removal tool to remove the top one, but i had to use a long steel rod as a punch, as it wouldn't budge without a lot of force.

as for the bottom pin, i ended up pushing the old pin downwards (using the same steel rod), first with a properly sized punch, then the new pin once it fit, cutting the old pin in half using a dremel when it hit the bottom bend of the door.

 

[bbob]

you also need to unplug the speaker wires from the speaker to pull the rubber hose out of the door, and unscrew the door check strap to move it out of the way.

 

[Ash Robinson]

haha, mines in for uprated gaskets, new radiator/oil cooler combo, clutch adjustment, new hoses, new dizzy/rotor/leads and plugs, new air filter, new starter motor, new battery, new locks all round, new door trim, fixing a few cracks/stone chips in front bumper oh my the list goes on and on! The ongoing pain of a 5GTT owner haha got to love it!

 

[Ash Robinson]

it can be pretty tough to get the old pins out, but if you have someone to help you it's not too bad.
i used a hinge pin removal tool to remove the top one, but i had to use a long steel rod as a punch, as it wouldn't budge without a lot of force.

as for the bottom pin, i ended up pushing the old pin downwards (using the same steel rod), first with a properly sized punch, then the new pin once it fit, cutting the old pin in half using a dremel when it hit the bottom bend of the door.

thanks for that bbob, appreciate it will get to work on it this weekend hopefully!

 

[Brigsy]

Fit bigger 8mm pins as the hinge on the shell will most likely be worn

 

[DaveL485]

haha, mines in for uprated gaskets, new radiator/oil cooler combo, clutch adjustment, new hoses, new dizzy/rotor/leads and plugs, new air filter, new starter motor, new battery, new locks all round, new door trim, fixing a few cracks/stone chips in front bumper oh my the list goes on and on! The ongoing pain of a 5GTT owner haha got to love it!

You think thats bad? I've had my 21 so long i'm now going round replacing stuff for THE SECOND TIME

 

[Ash Robinson]

You think thats bad? I've had my 21 so long i'm now going round replacing stuff for THE SECOND TIME

That's commitment haha worth it though to have these classics on the road!