Tired of the troublesome door hinge?
Are you having issues with your Volvo door? There’s a chance that it can be related to the door hinge. Our forum members are talking about a number of problems and fixes that you might be able to relate to. From door hinge lube to completely re-wleding a new hinge in place. Take a look at the forums and see if you have any information to offer up on this hot topic.
MVS Forum Member bkoeth asks:
I don’t know if it’s called a detent, but the little arm the holds my driver’s door open has failed and the door tries to close on me on slight uphills. This looks totally ghetto. Is this a bolt-on part, and where can I find one?
MVS Forum Member bobsnow100 asks:
Hello
My 1995 850 has this problem
Thanks for all the ideas. I am going to try this repair with a couple modifications to try to simplify it. My idea would be to ,once you have your 2 holes drilled out in the door jamb ,measure your center to center spacing of the holes. Next get a flat piece of flat steel and drill out 2 holes with the same center to center spacing. Next tap 2 threads into the steel plate to accept your 2 bolts. You then can feed a wire down through the top hole in the plate and down through the top drilled hole in the door jamb and let the plate slide down so the holes line up. Next you then can install the bottom bolt and snug it and then pull the wire out and install the top bolt, nothing will spin because the plate with the 2 holes will prevent it spinning like a nut would
Front Door Hinge Disaster (photo)
Last Updated on August 19, 2020
