Car Door Hinge Shims

Jambs and fire doors commonly found in hotels.

Car door hinge shims. Replaces the commonly used cardboard. It is also possible that you hit or were hit in the front and the front fender was slid back towards the door. In the past if a steel door needed a minor adjustment a specialized tool was used to bend the hinge. When these bolts loosen the hinge will travel a little and cause the door to sag.

Use when you need to quickly align a door in the jam. Check here for special coupons and promotions. Most residential interior door applications call for 3 5 hinge shims while the larger hinge shims are designed for larger interior exterior steel doors and frames. If the door has three hinges remove the screws from the middle hinge as well.

3 5 hinge shims come three to a sheet with 6 sheets per pack for a total of 18 shims. You should not have much play. Your order may be eligible for ship to home and shipping is free on all online orders of 35 00. First you need to support the door with a floor jack then you need to remove the hinge pins and remove and support the door next you will need to drill out the pin holes to proper size and install brass bushings in those holes after that you will need to reinstall the door and insert the new hinge pins keep in mind that the door is very heavy so you will need two people for this process once the door is back on the car you check for fit and if it lines up you re done.

Hinge shims are available in three sizes. For pricing and availability. Slide the shim behind the hinge that needs the extra spacing then drive the screws back in tightly and check the operation of the door. 3 5 4 and 4 5.

There are basically two reasons why your car door hinge will sag. Also ideal for the steel doors. See our how to installation of a door gap adjustment using hinge. If you have the door open try to lift up on the bottom edge of the door.

For pricing and availability. Remove the screws from the hinge you need to shim using a screwdriver or a drill and screwdriver bit. Order shim for your vehicle and pick it up in store make your purchase find a store near you and get directions. Door hinges shims.

There are shims in the joints and some of the shims could have moved or fallen out. 0 25 in x 1 25 in x 11 75 in 42 pack fir wood shims. Rockwood hs42 steel hinge shim 1 7 16 width x 4 1 2 height x 0 028 thick galvanized coat finish pack of 50. Hinge shim by ez shim offers a much faster and more elegant solution to this problem.

The first is because the bolts that are holding the hinge onto the car frame are beginning to strip or come loose by the constant motion of the car. Rockwood hs44 steel hinge shim 1 7 16 width x 4 1 2 height x 0 065 thick galvanized coat finish pack of 50 4 3 out of 5 stars 4 54 39 54.