Hi, How do you remove the pin though the metal strap that limits the door travel on a 4/5. My previous car had scew head however this origional one seems to have largeflat head at top with what seems like a slot. It also feels like a rivit at the bottom, not a bolt/nut. The workshop manual does'nt mention them.
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Door limiting strap removal
- Thread starter steven
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tony perrett
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I would grind the head off and replace it with a dome-head rivet drilled to take a split cotter pin. At the same time it would be worthwhile drilling the holes slightly oversize to remove any ovality due to wear.
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Hey Steven,
Well there's a coincidence, I was only rebuilding a door check this arvo.
The cars left the factory with the rivet you've described. Any screws, bolts or icy pole sticks found on cars today have been fitted by some unsympathetic repairer in the past. This OE rivet needs the flanged lower end ground or cut off without damaging the tongue it's attached to on the a pillar.
Last time I tackled this I used an air driven mini drill with a right angled cut off wheel. A Dremel or similar would probably do the same job. Normally you'd simply drill off the end of the rivet but here the space is limited.
When you do finally remove the check strap you'll find the limiting box inside the door skin has been crushed to some extent and the rubber cushion that used to contact this area has dissolved and fallen into the bottom of the door.
Is this for the r/h door on the Tiger? Being the passenger side the above parts may have survived a bit better but you wont know till you get in there. Saw the pics on the CAT forum, the poor bugger looks a bit sad. Good luck with the resto.
Cheers, Lance.
Well there's a coincidence, I was only rebuilding a door check this arvo.
The cars left the factory with the rivet you've described. Any screws, bolts or icy pole sticks found on cars today have been fitted by some unsympathetic repairer in the past. This OE rivet needs the flanged lower end ground or cut off without damaging the tongue it's attached to on the a pillar.
Last time I tackled this I used an air driven mini drill with a right angled cut off wheel. A Dremel or similar would probably do the same job. Normally you'd simply drill off the end of the rivet but here the space is limited.
When you do finally remove the check strap you'll find the limiting box inside the door skin has been crushed to some extent and the rubber cushion that used to contact this area has dissolved and fallen into the bottom of the door.
Is this for the r/h door on the Tiger? Being the passenger side the above parts may have survived a bit better but you wont know till you get in there. Saw the pics on the CAT forum, the poor bugger looks a bit sad. Good luck with the resto.
Cheers, Lance.
Turned out to be an easy job. fitted small grinding stone to the dremile, wore a headlight LED and removed the flared section of the rivit. Removed the door and all its hardware. Will keep it even though its had a hard wack. It is one of the best origional doors I have seen. All screws/bolts came out easy, the door has no sign of rust at all. Hope the rest of the build goes as well.
There was a suggestion here once before that made a lot of sense to me: before you remove the doors, drill a small hole through each hinge and into the door frame. That way, you will be able to re-align everything by just putting a nail through the hinge and into the original hole. I gather getting the doors properly hung is a real PITA and this sounds like a great way to make the process a whole lot easier.
Great idea, bugger it already removed the door
Sorry. I am in the same boat with my SIV and S3. In that case, there was a very good discussion here a few years ago on re-aligning them. (Turns out, that was the source of the tip to drill an alignment hole.) http://www.sunbeamalpine.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7256
Good luck.