Chevy Blazer Saggy Worn Out Door Hinge Repair 

We said we are not any good at welding before we showed the clip. Look at it this way, you had a laugh at our expense and can sleep well tonight knowing neither of us will ever take your job...

@@SevenFortyOne i didnt mean to be a dick. I really hope it held up.

You are correct. Thanks for watching!!!! :)

he did. they fell out.

Over time the hole ware out and the bushing no longer fit properly

Hey a. what hes getting at is its not the bushings, i had the same issue with mine. the holes in the hinges get wallerd out and new bushings will either break or fall out. only other iption would be cutting those hinges off and welding in new hinges. But good job guys, i think its a great fix

You should watch the video

Bro I attempted drilling into a wrench handle...It is NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. I used a drill ol press on low speed water and 3 burnt bits

Look at the hinge pin on your Blazer. Measure the width. If not sure how to measure or don't have calipers, then get scrap pieces of wood, hold each wood drill bit in your set on top of hinge pin until you find one that seems right, drill the wood, see if it fits snug. If too small, try the next biggest bit and widen the hole. If too big, drill a new hole with next smallest bit. If the smallest bit to make a hole that fits the pin is still too big, go with the smaller bit, and file the hole evenly until it fits. Then repeat this with your metal strip and metal drill bits and metal file. I've no experience, but that's how I'd approach it. Some may try to shortcut by skipping the wood sizing stage and metal file and just wobble the smaller drill bit to widen the hole, but this risks making an elongated, oversized, or irregular hole, depending on skill. The longer method using wood mockup and slow hand filing mitigates that risk.

It was just a piece of scrap metal that Marc drilled out

What size drill bit did you use?

Yes...you have to always be careful when welding

Eye, face, ear, skin, hair, and clothing protection. Welding mask, ear plugs, leather gloves, apron, etc. Basic welding safety. As for the vehicle, leather, wet leather, or wet towels on upholstery, floor carpet. Cover the wires in the door (black rubber accordian tube thingy). Cover the plastic door panel and dash. Maybe protect the tires as well. Also, the fuel line runs on top of the frame rail. Hot slag might get shot up from concrete floor. Just drape something (leather, wet towel, etc) down from seat to floor. 1 or more fully loaded fire extinguishers NEXT TO YOU, not across the shop somewhere, buried in a junk pile, and half full. Think it's overkill? Sure, 80-90% of the time you can just wing it with no precautions and you'll be fine. Just accept that sooner or later you'll permanently injure yourself, damage irreplacable vehicle parts, and set your vehicle and shop on fire, because you're too lazy, too egotistical, too machismo to spend 5-10 minutes on safety prep.

Good tip! Next time we have some welding to do we'll give you a call...we obviously suck at it. This worked but wasn't pretty.

SevenFortyOne hey man I’m referring to your video where you replaced your intermediate steering shaft I have slop in my steering wheel so it’ll move left to right about 3-4 inches without the tires movin if I replace the intermediate steering shaft will that fix it

Now I know what to do. Thanks

@@aaronstrickland956 Check the front near the back side of your radiator. The Pittman arm may be worn out. Mine is, and needs changing

My friend made it

Thanks!

My buddy did that and the bushings fell out within a week. Who cares anyway? It's a 16 year old Chevy with 200k mi....this is how you are supposed to fix them when they are this old

I have 19 year old GMC JIMMY with no rust, age has nothing to do with how you fix it. I want to keep mine as nice as possible for as long as I can. I don't jerry-rig vehicles my kids or I drive in. The kits only cost $11 . I can understand if you have a piece of shit that will be heading to the junkyard soon.

@@lunaticfringe8559 I've replaced mine 3 times in the last month bushings and pins won't fix it I've tried cheap ones and dorman and ac Delco... I'll be welding mine

Three times in one week. I replaced my 2001's pins once. You may have bigger problems ?

@@billyanthony8153,just did the driver's door on my Jimmy, luckily no welding.