The door of any vehicle is one of the most difficult to load its components. Repeated daily opening and closing, the constant influence of precipitation over time leads to the need for their repair. It is well known, that body repair, including doors, is one of the most technically complex and expensive.
The car door may sag and open with difficulty over time
How to repair
You can choose from several options:
- At the service station. The best - specialized in the brand of your car.
- Have a "good specialist" on the advice of friends or on the ad.
- With their own hands.
Reflecting on the choice, keep in mind, what:
HUNDRED is a specialized enterprise. Good station, performing body repairs, has the appropriate equipment, staff, service. After performing a defect for repair, you will be notified of the amount, which will have to pay. This is where the moment of decision will come - to agree or not? You decide, but don't forget, what a job, perhaps, worth the money.
A "good specialist" is also an option. Understand, how well he was already doing work for someone. Talk to this person about problems with door repairs, how they show themselves in operation. Do not be lazy to look at the equipment of the workshop, where, perhaps, work will be performed. Lack of necessary equipment, clutter and uncleaned dirt are signs, which do not speak in favor of the choice of repair right here.
Replacement of the window and mirror on the car door
With their own hands. If you are a skilled motorist, good locksmith, welder, painter, have a set of tools, equipment, skills and desires, then such repair is your choice. However, note, as much as you need to be able to, have and know! Savings at the same time, perhaps, and will be, but the quality is up to you.
so, the choice is made. It was decided to repair your favorite car with your own hands.
Damage to doors and their signs
The main thing is the corrosion of the lower part, most exposed to the weather, and elements of the road surface (small stones, salt and dirt during operation in winter conditions). In the initial stage, it manifests itself in the form of small dots of reddish-brown color on the painted surface. In the final stage - through holes in the body of any body structure of the car, including doors.
Minor damage in case of careless opening and more in case of possible traffic accidents. This is immediately visible on the chipped paint, formed depressions of different sizes and configurations.
Sagging on hinges - двері закривається і відкривається з зусиллям і непотрібним звуком. При русі прослуховується сторонній стукіт. Damage to the windows, door locks, sealant - скло не піднімається, does not fall, the door does not close, in the cabin - for, extraneous noise and raindrops.
Removing the front bumper on the Hyundai Solaris
How to eliminate the main defects of car doors
Corrosion damage. One of the most common and inevitable consequences of insufficient anti-corrosion measures during operation of the machine.
Self-repair will require the availability of such tools:
- measuring: rulers, roulette, caliper;
- detachable: hand scissors on metal, grinders, Vibrating shears;
- sheet bending - in the form of special equipment for bending on sheet parts. They will be mounted at the bottom of the door structure;
Professional set of tools for car repair
- welding machine for semi-automatic welding in carbon dioxide. This is the best option, as it will be necessary to weld sheet metal;
- for stripping: special brushes, nozzles, abrasive cleaning wheels for the Bulgarian, sandpaper of different grain size;
- painter - spatulas for applying putty, set of painting pneumatic tools (spray gun, compressor, hoses). It is desirable to have a device for heating freshly painted car surfaces. This will ensure the required mode of drying of the applied paint;
- polishing - a set for polishing and giving the product the appropriate appearance;
- locksmith: lentils, hammers, the machine, clamps, strubcin.
Necessary materials for car repair are sheet iron for cutting out of it details of a necessary configuration. At best, it should be a used door of the same car. Elements of appropriate thickness will be cut from its suitable parts for further use. Welding wire of the required thickness and brand. Primer, paint - your choice.
Repair technology
Welding work in case of corrosion of car doors
Such body repair, how to eliminate corrosion on car doors, performed in several stages in the following sequence:
Stage one:
- dismantling of these parts;
- inspection and determination of the limits of corrosion to the intact part of the metal;
- marking for further cutting, taking into account the capabilities of the cutting tool;
- cutting of the defective part.
The second stage:
- determination of the sizes of welded details taking into account the size of overlaps on the basic metal or butt welding. For places with a complex configuration, it is better to measure and make patterns. When taking measurements, allowances for subsequent bends should be taken into account. They will need to be performed for parts on the lower and side edges of the door structure;
- cutting of new details by the sizes and patterns;
- fitting them in place;
After repairing the car door, the fasteners are adjusted
- tack welding and finishing if necessary;
- final welding of parts by semi-automatic welding with a continuous seam or points depending on the quality of the assembly and their location;
- pre-cleaning after welding;
- installation of the repaired structure and fitting it in the car doorway;
- if necessary - editing and re-fitting, so that the door closes well.
Stage three:
- final stripping of metal and primer with subsequent drying;
- stripping after priming with sanding for painting;
- installation of a door on a place of its installation and preparation under painting (closing places, not subject to painting). You can not mount the part on the car, and paint separately;
- preparation of painting material according to the instruction and its drawing on a door;
- drying of the painted part with the subsequent polishing.
Sagging on the hinges
Sagging on the hinges: what the damage looks like
This defect is dangerous because, that at its untimely elimination car doors and a body in places of fastening will fail. Repairs can involve significant financial and time costs.
It is practically easy to determine the preconditions for the development of sagging.
Open the door and carefully inspect the connection of the hinges to the body part and the door. The slightest signs of corrosion - is a signal of the need to take measures to eliminate it. Lose time - corrosion will develop, and you won't even notice, as the door structure will fall off the body. Therefore, in such a situation, immediate action is the best option.
The second sign of sagging - is the weakening of the attachment of the hinges to the body or door part of it. Open and grasp the door at the bottom of the opening handle. Move up and down and observe the behavior of the mounting bolts. If you find the movement of the loops relative to the bolts when rocking (backlash), means, this is the cause of sagging. Tighten the bolts well and be sure to determine the cause of the loosening. If you find out, fix it, you will not need such repairs for a long time in the future.
Door parts of a body provide comfort and safety when moving. Treat their technical condition responsibly, and to the body part as a whole. Constant control over these issues will bring you unconditional savings of money and time.