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jesse_vit

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Joined: Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:57 am Posts: 324 Location: Gold Coast
Vehicle: stock yellow vit.
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 Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:57 am |
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hey guys the doors on my swb vitara have quite a bit of sag in them just wondering if you could get new bushings for the hinges or if any of you fellas had a way to fix it
cheers jesse
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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Not closing properly ?
Loosen the screws to the hinges, on the pillar, lift door to set it at right hight, do not overly loosen, they still need to be firm, or the flop about.
Sometimes you need a really strong arm to set them at the right hight.
_________________ Bad decisions make good stories.
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zukmeista
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1273 Location: Whangarei,N.Z.
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SuziBlu wrote: Not closing properly ?
Loosen the screws to the hinges, on the pillar, lift door to set it at right hight, do not overly loosen, they still need to be firm, or the flop about.
Sometimes you need a really strong arm to set them at the right hight.
Having 2 people helps. 
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atari4x4

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Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:30 pm Posts: 34842 Location: East Radelayed
Vehicle: SV420+SV620 Vitara's
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zukmeista wrote: SuziBlu wrote: Not closing properly ?
Loosen the screws to the hinges, on the pillar, lift door to set it at right hight, do not overly loosen, they still need to be firm, or the flop about.
Sometimes you need a really strong arm to set them at the right hight. Having 2 people helps. 
bottle jack under the slightly ajar door will also do it, support door with bottle jack. loosen screws slightly jack door & then re tighten.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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atari4x4 wrote: zukmeista wrote: SuziBlu wrote: Not closing properly ?
Loosen the screws to the hinges, on the pillar, lift door to set it at right hight, do not overly loosen, they still need to be firm, or the flop about.
Sometimes you need a really strong arm to set them at the right hight. Having 2 people helps.  bottle jack under the slightly ajar door will also do it, support door with bottle jack. loosen screws slightly jack door & then re tighten.
Yep to both, I have also put a block under the door, and used my full weight combined with small jumps to move doors, its a case of "if at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer'
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jesse_vit

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Joined: Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:57 am Posts: 324 Location: Gold Coast
Vehicle: stock yellow vit.
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its not that they shut fine just when theropen you can pick up the door and feel thwe play in them
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Taylor74
Joined: Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:26 am Posts: 198 Location: Perth WA
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You can not buy bushes to my knowledge only hinges. make sure the body is not cracked where the hinges bolt on see it more and more now days.
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