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Title: Side door hinge removal
Post by: hotrod on December 06, 2008, 02:12:41 PM
Gidday
Have bought a  windowless door to replace mine with a window, and need to swap the hinges over as mine are as new plus the ones on new door need to be adjusted slightly so can't just swap pins.
Problem, they are held on with the biggest arsed posi-drive headed bolts ever,
now 99% of the guys in repco/autopro/hardware don't even know what a posi-drive is until you grab one off the shelf and show them and of course they don't have anything big enough!
The bits that come with impact drivers are only phillips head bits and the largest looks too small.

What have people out there used and does anyone have a part name/number so I can order one.

even tried the local hire place but of course they closed at midday!

cheers Pat
Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: ben on December 06, 2008, 04:15:05 PM
thats not standard hey.. phillips are standard..

umm yeh i would drill em out and put the originals back.. but thats me.. yes would be better if you could find the tool ay.

cheers
ben
Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: ShaneJ on December 06, 2008, 06:37:20 PM
Standard screws in the Bedford doors are Pozi not Phillips. Yes they do look the same and you can get away with using a Phillips driver, but if they screws are tight you'll just destroy them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozidrive
http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=150333

Pat, I have a few impact driver sets here and they all have Pozi bits. Where abouts in the Wide Bay are you? I'll be in Hervey Bay next weekend.
Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: Marishka on December 06, 2008, 07:40:28 PM
hey Shanej, if u go to river heads, could u check how long the grass is on this property 4 me. , its 73 Ariadne st river heads,
 http://ruralworld.com.au/properties/herveybay02/
id be heaps thankfull. havent had it slashed for about 6 months, just wondering how long its gotten.
marty
Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: hotrod on December 07, 2008, 12:18:16 PM
Thanks for the offer Shane but I've managed to defeat the Bas&%rd without burring any of the heads!     Big phillips and vicegrips worked on one door and impact driver on other, plan on removing other doors so needed impact driver anyway.

Shane I'm in Gympie about 1 min off the highway so if you think you are going to  want a drink or a break just let me know this week and I will pm you my address.


point to note  for anyone interested   There is NO PAINT on your doors under your hinges as I just found bare metal and or surface rust.
Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: ShaneJ on December 07, 2008, 05:59:35 PM
Thanks Pat. We normally do the trip without stopping as I like to get the most out of the resort we stay in  ;D

Thanks for the offer though.
Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: ShaneJ on December 07, 2008, 07:11:45 PM
hey Shanej, if u go to river heads, could u check how long the grass is on this property 4 me. , its 73 Ariadne st river heads,
 http://ruralworld.com.au/properties/herveybay02/
id be heaps thankfull. havent had it slashed for about 6 months, just wondering how long its gotten.
marty

Is that your property Marty? If I get time I'll pop in there and have a look.
Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: ben on December 08, 2008, 05:13:24 PM
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Standard screws in the Bedford doors are Pozi not Phillips. Yes they do look the same and you can get away with using a Phillips driver, but if they screws are tight you'll just destroy them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozidrive
http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=150333

Pat, I have a few impact driver sets here and they all have Pozi bits. Where abouts in the Wide Bay are you? I'll be in Hervey Bay next weekend.

what is pozi???? gee you do learn something new every day..

thanks shane

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point to note  for anyone interested   There is NO PAINT on your doors under your hinges as I just found bare metal and or surface rust.

hey hotrod there is no paint inside the bonnet either.. no wonder they rust!!!

ben

Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: ShaneJ on December 08, 2008, 07:34:07 PM
Theres a picture and description in the links above.
Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: able on December 21, 2008, 07:52:33 PM
i removed mine with a large screwdriver and shifter as well... about three of them would not budge untill i took a Stanley knife to the build up of paint on them... alot of surface rust underneath as mine had no paint as well... no holes though.
Title: Re: Side door hinge removal
Post by: Marishka on December 22, 2008, 08:06:06 PM
yeah shane,
 half my sisters n half mine, be interesting to know how long the grass is, i would think it would be 4ft high by now, but havnt received the notice to slash it from harvey bay counsil yet,  the  property next door is 4 sale on
http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=2573641&f=20&p=10&t=lan&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=&c=61435993&s=qld&snf=rbs&tm=1226405930 (http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=2573641&f=20&p=10&t=lan&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=&c=61435993&s=qld&snf=rbs&tm=1226405930)
 for $330,000.00 its 1935sqm,
marty
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