Howdy peepoles,
Have a major amount of sag from the drivers door hinge/slop and rattle from the door latch/ and consequential rattle from the drivers side fast glass window. Anyone bothered to fix these issues and how did you do it? I know the latches letting the doors rattle turning the interior light into a stobe light is a fairly common patrol problem but id like to make mine one without. I like my waters crossings with the water on the outside of the vehicle ha ha
sounds like worn pins if not maybe try 2mm thick washers in behind the hinge mounts on the bottom hinge to lift the door slightly to realign the door there is a silicone spray that you can buy to spray in the runners of the windows that makes the rubbers swell slightly to stop the windows rattling dont know if these will help but if it sounds right for what you want then give it a go ???
yeah mate cheers, i hadn't though of chucking spacers into the bottom hinge, i might have a gander at that. Same with the spray, i really didnt wana be tryin to stick my head inside the door to fiddle with those window rails. I dont spose anyone knows where i can get hinge pins from?
So the door hinges are flogged out ???
Thats what ya mean by door sag ???
If so Rod '"The Ferret" can supply rebushed hinges on an exchange basis
(Contact him for more info)
Door hinges flogging out is a patrol issue on MQ/MK/GQ ,GU onwards dont care
Yeah im hoping that it is just in the hinges. If i cant find some pins i might have to give old mate a yell. Cheers buddy
Replacement hinges & new bailey channel is the way to go...... Its a bit of work but will last for years so its worth it IMO.....
Good advice. Has any tried the spacers idea? How did it go.
mine had the same problem, i bought new hinges on ebay and got new bailey channel for the window from rare spares. works great. Changing the hinges was a pain as i basicall had to take the guard off.
Yeah, I had the same problem and had to change out the hinges. I managed to do it without taking off the guards with an offset ring spanner with a 5 degree ratchet..... only took me 20 minutes per bolt! ;)
A bailey channel, which bit is that? Just so i know what to look for? And im still tryin to get ahold of the ferret, no luck so far
I need to do all my doors where do I get bailey channel? Clark rubber?
Not sure, Rare spares ????
Check this out
http://www.clarkrubber.com.au/bailey-channel-seals.html
retuned tv and still cant get bailey channel
Try harder :)Quote:
Originally Posted by my third 256
OEM only for the GU's healy. They are a moulded type of channel. Not like the Q's where anything fits. But having said that, the drivers door window on my GU would rattle when down about half way. I noticed the front section of the channel, just before where the channel turns 45 degrees and up the front of the door, it was very worn out. So heres what I did.Quote:
Originally Posted by healy
- Remove window from door
- Remove the regulator
- Remove the front steel strip which holds the bailey channel in place
- Took the strip to CR to get the right sized channel.
- Got home and had a beer.
- I then removed the old channel up to about half way up the 45 degree section
- and cut the old channel off just before the first bend ( this section is covered by both mirror mount and a plastic cover on the inside
- Inserted and cut to length the new bailey channel
- Glued the bastard in.
- Had another beer.
- Put everything back together and had more beer to congratulate myself for not spending $150 on an OEM channel, but $12 was spent.
Hey man thanks for that
Never would have thought of clarke rubber. As far as the hinges go i spoke to the ferret last night and he no longer does the hinges but they are on ebay, around a hundred dollars a door for the good ones
I got an OEM one from Patrolapart for around $60 for my U by memory....Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelvinator