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I've noticed there's some movement up and down on the drivers side door. It's had new hinge pins fitted but the play seems to be in the door itself. Is this something that can be sorted?

Thanks

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No, the door welds might have gone slack and it has movement, I tried to fix this on my hatch and never managed to improve it.

You could remove the door and try to get access to the hinge welds but they are quite deep in the door and it would take too long, cheaper to source a new door !

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At least you ought to be able to match the paint then, I tried when I replaced mine but because the rest of the car was original the new door stuck out like a sore thumb.

Its probably the bottom hinge, welds gone loose. you could try and get it drilled and plugged and hope for the best but the construction of the door makes it quite hard to do, the outer skin in in the shut/hinge area is not what the hinge welds to, it welds to the frame inside if you tack weld the hinge to the outer skin it will just break off again.

This is just my observation. try by all means. First get the door fitted and get a mate to wiggle the door up and down a bit while you look at the hinges. find out which one is giving trouble.

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More than likely that the hinge pin holes are ovalled with wear. I had this on my coupe, fixed it by drilling and reaming out the hinges to take solid morris minor hinge pins.

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More than likely that the hinge pin holes are ovalled with wear. I had this on my coupe, fixed it by drilling and reaming out the hinges to take solid morris minor hinge pins.

I was thinking this aswell. my passenger door has done this :(

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My '78 Coupe has 'play' in the drivers door.

Is it worthwhile fitting new hinge pins?

...or is it always the case that the hinges need to be reamed-out - and larger hinge pins fitted - to cure the problem?

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£1 each at Vauxhall opel dealers same size as Vectra b.

or use stainless M8 bolts :blink:

Cheers, will try my Opel dealership first.

Would stainless M8 bolts fix the 'play' problem, i.e. unlike pins, no in-built 'expansion'?

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Just tried my Opel dealership for the pins .... €8 (c.£5) for the set of 4 (Vectra) pins !

Happy days! :D

When you have spent a day taking the skin of your knuckles with a lump hammer trying to remove the old pins the day won't be so happy !!

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