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[mini-mad-dan]

help, i need a new drivers side door and i cant get the bad one off the nuts have rounded i thought i might get the hinges apart and just doo it on the door but is there an easyer way to get this door off, thaks,Dan

[minimole]

your best bet is to get a (waits for childish sniggers)nut cracker or you can use a cole chisel or something.

[chocolate jazz]

Blow the bludy doors off :tongue:

[mini-mad-dan]

sounds good, would a pair of mole grips do the trick?, actually the chisel sounds more fun and reckless (the door deserves to be put down now)

[The Matt]

I used to have a nut gripper.

It was like a collar with a 1/2" drive hole in the end and a little arm that swung into the centre of the collar. So as you turned it the gnurled part gripped the rounded nut and loosened it.

That would have been ideal, but I sold it!

I guess you are trying to undo the ones that bolt through into the wheel arch? Could you try undoing the hinge bolts where they go into the door?

[mini-mad-dan]

yea, unfortunalty i cant get the door to open up enough (check strap was removed) basicly can't get at it

[dunketh]

I took mine off by undoing the hinges from the front pillars.
The screws don't like moving though - mine were philips/posidrive style jobs.

My replacement doors already had hinges attached so on that day, Bob was my uncle!
:grin:

[minimadjonesy]

what year is the mini? internal hinges? if so the go up the back of your front arch and undo the nuts there! then your door will come off with the hinges attached and you can get at the nuts properly!

another way is to carefully cut the nut with a hacksaw on 2 sides so that you have a couple of flat surfaces to grip too

[mini-mad-dan]

my replacement does too, i will give it a try how long did it take? thanks for the help, dan p.s i know this is off subject but how can i make a picture small enough to put as my profile picture?

[mini-mad-dan]

for the record i have a 1986 miny city

[minimole]

i took a door off the other day, the nuts in the wheel arch came off really easy i was lucky, but access is tight so i pulled my a panel off for better access. i assume you dont want to do this as youprobally want to keep your a panels

[Guess-Works.com]

Try a 6 sided 11mm socket, slightly smaller than the 7/16" you should have been using and with the aid of a hammer should be a very snug fit

[chocolate jazz]

or you cud always cut around the hinge and then weld another plate in, and then drill new holes, just a thort if you cant get it off.

[kada1980]

Drill it out and hit it with a large hammer and chisel

[wobblybob]

all the hinge bolts on my doors were rusted and rounded to hell so i just drill down the centre of each one didnt take long then just opened the door and wiggled it and it came off easy peasy