GJH
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- Aug 20, 2007
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Our habitation door (combination of door and flyscreen which can be shut completely or just have the flyscreen shut) is held onto the vehicle body by three hinges (as shown in the first photo) each of which has five pieces. On each hinge the top, middle and bottom pieces are riveted onto the van body, the second down is screwed to the flyscreen and the fourth down is screwed to the door. I assume a pin goes through all five sections to hold them all together.
As we were leaving to come home today from our weekend away the door wouldn't shut and I discovered the reason was that the section fastened to the door on the lower of the three hinges had broken. The second picture shows it (marked HERE) after I had removed the two screws holding the broken off bit from the door.
It appears that a build up of muck/lack of oil had caused the piece to seize up and it has snapped when closing just the flyscreen and not the full door.
Two questions:
1) Are the hinge pieces easily obtainable and, if so, where from?
2) How can I release the pin in order to fit a replacement hinge piece once obtained?
Graham
As we were leaving to come home today from our weekend away the door wouldn't shut and I discovered the reason was that the section fastened to the door on the lower of the three hinges had broken. The second picture shows it (marked HERE) after I had removed the two screws holding the broken off bit from the door.
It appears that a build up of muck/lack of oil had caused the piece to seize up and it has snapped when closing just the flyscreen and not the full door.
Two questions:
1) Are the hinge pieces easily obtainable and, if so, where from?
2) How can I release the pin in order to fit a replacement hinge piece once obtained?
Graham