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TR4/4A Door Hinge

Winston

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Trying to replace a door hinge that was bent,(door operates, alignment lousy) having trouble loosening screws any trade secrets?
 
Winston,
I have used an impact driver successfully . This is the type that you hit with a hammer while the bit is in the screw and it turns the screw ( hopefully) a few degrees.
Charley
 
Me too. Don't know if it is needed for a TR4A, but on my TR3A I made up an extended bit by grinding down a big Allen wrench of the right size (5/16" or 3/8", don't recall offhand) so the tip exactly fit the slot. Without that, there were a couple of screws that I couldn't reach.

Obviously, a bigger hammer gets you more impact. I used a 3 lb.
 
On a TR4 those are bolts (well, yeah technically screws as they are threaded all the way up) - looks like 5/16-24 and pointy - so it is wrench work (1/2").

Which side won't loosen - the door or the cowl?

I agree that impact is the way to go. If you can't get at them with your impact gun you might be able to induce some 'shock & awe' by getting a box wrench on them and striking the other end with a hammer. This often works better than a steady pull.

Rhymes with 'orange' BTW.
 
What rhymes with orange?

At least with the one I have, you can still use a hand impact tool with a socket. Sometimes it seems to help to stick a 'dummy' nut inside the socket, so the impact hits the bolt head instead of pounding the socket against the body. Or what I did was cut down a 1/2" socket to bottom against the head. It's also handy in tight quarters sometimes.
 
I have pull off the interior kick pales before and where needed hole sawed a hole so I could put some juice on them.
 
TR3driver said:
What rhymes with orange?
The subject line.

Oh. I would have said that rhyming -inge with -ange is a bit of a stretch, but I guess we've got to take what we can get. If you accept that, though, then there are lots of words that rhyme with orange, binge, hinge, singe ...
 
The rhyme is only close if you use both words, door and hinge. Tom Robbins doesn't think there is a rhyming word and I think he's right.
Bob
 
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