TR4/4A Door Hinge

[Winston]

Trying to replace a door hinge that was bent,(door operates, alignment lousy) having trouble loosening screws any trade secrets?

 

[charleyf]

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

 

[TR3driver]

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.

 

[Geo Hahn]

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.

 

[TR3driver]

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.

 

[sp53]

I have pull off the interior kick pales before and where needed hole sawed a hole so I could put some juice on them.

 

[Geo Hahn]

What rhymes with orange?

The subject line.

 

[TR3driver]

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 ...

 

[bobhustead]

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