Ranzan

going to be hanging my doors and sand bagging the inside
this is a 67 post door anyone know off hand roughing how much weight I need

stan 65 cutlass

small dog usualy is close.



um, what the hell you talkin' bout willis?

Ranzan

so that means a small child will work too.... sweet

I just mean with the glass and assembly installed mine are stripped out and packed away

stan 65 cutlass

gotcha, after i stripped out my doors they dont sag anymore and are light as a feather, close with one finger. still need to order the hinge renew kits though. unless i leave out the glass and regulators and just drive the car on nice days with all the windows down weigh the reg and a piece of glass and a handfull of sand and you should be close to what was pulled out.

Ranzan

I still need to install my hinge kit.... I am in the middle of a small re&re on the house right now so it will be later this week before I get to it

and in case you missed my post Stan due to you not having your pot of coffee yet my stuff is all packed away

but I do get 220 to my garage this week which my wife likes instead of using her dryer plug all the time lol

stan 65 cutlass

my glass and regs are available, hardtop but should be close enough. i could get you an approx weight? and yes i did see yours were packed away, so are mine but they are packed away in my shop and easy to grab if no one else comes forward with a number

stan 65 cutlass

oh, ive had my coffee already, sweetened with kahlau, and baileys for the cream. its twelve o clock somewhere

Lady72nRob71

I am enjoying my coffee and Irish Cream right now!

Why sandbagging? I did not know you needed to do this to just to install the door and align the hinges...
Am I missing something?

Ranzan

you guys suck I just got milk in mine lol

Rob if you hang and align the door without the full weight of glass and guts the door has a risk of sagging a little and throwing the alignment out once everything is back in it

my car has never been gapped since I have owned it so I need to make sure I have everything set before I tear it all apart again for paint prep plus I had to replace one of my original doors as well

stan 65 cutlass

ok wes, the things i do at 7 am makes my wife shake her head. borrowed her weight watchers scale with the digital readout. grabbed a vent window and frame, side window, and regulator. 259.4 lb, then without carparts, 231.6 lb, hey, i was fully clothed and wearing shoes, comes to 27.4 lbs. add inside outside doorhandles, door panel, arm rest, maybe 35lbs? yup, small child

Ranzan

LMAO Stan your the man buddy thanks....wish I got to see that
I will commence sticking my youngest girl inside the door for weight
she is 34 lb`s

stan 65 cutlass

good luck wes, now im off to the vintage swap meet for a quick walkabout, then to the uncle in laws to finish some landscape ties that we didnt finish yesterday, home by noon i hope. may get some painting and more sanding done today i hope

Run to Rund

iirc, 66 post doors complete are about 75 lb so use a bigger child to mimic one lol

Ranzan

Joe good thing I have more than one Kid thanks

on a more serious note the hinge pin rebuild kit I got doesn`t work..........
I need 2 5/8 pins for my hinges but the ones I got are 2 3/8


I measured 3 sets of hinges to make sure I didn`t have a bad hinge
does anyone know of a correct pin I can use?

stan 65 cutlass

measured mine and they are also 2 9/16 wes, even the 4 door fronts look to be the same, wonder what yours are for?

Ranzan

I did some searching on some other forums.......

It seems the repop kits are all to small for the hinges

So what you have to do is set the pin with a chisel

So stuck my hinge in the vise and drifted the pin with one of my dull chisels worked alright..... rehung the door with no issue