Door Roller

[DWillmont]

Ok so I havent seen or heard of anybody else having this problem anywhere online.So I will throw it on here. The little spring loaded arm thing that holds the doors open in the front door jamb has anybody broken the roller part off? If so how can it be fixed mine has done it on both front doors? Any help would be appreciated I am tired of the damned doors smashing my legs when i get out. Thanks

 

[willinthe985]

Yep, my door is sagged so much that the roller popped out so my door doesn't have that middle setting anymore. It's either closed or all the way open. Only way I see fixing it is re-pinning the doors and re-assemble from there.

 

[Juan!]

Wow, BOTH broke? Haven't had the problem with my 96 or the parents 93 burb

 

[Juan!]

Mine are definitely sagging though, I need new pins and whatnot.

 

[Greg]

HaHa, ya that ******* spring sucks. I had to buy whole new springs and pins. And since we didn't really have the know how ourselves (me and my dad) we took it to a guy down the road from us a couple miles who has restored a couple GMT400s and basically what they did was get the pins in place after the spring was put in and then tac welded them all in place. I have had no problems with it after that. Those cheap pins/clips don't hold up real well to real abuse. The welding was the best replacement option IMO. I'll try and get a couple pics up tomorrow of what I'm talking about. May even do it tonight. I have to go get my coat.

 

[DWillmont]

My hinge pins are good the bottom of the roller pin just broke off it is a separate pin

 

[pavementpounder]

They sell the roller pin by its self we have them in our clip supply drawers at the shop.

the ones we use need to be tack welded in place and then painted to prevent further corrosion.

you can get the pin from a body shop or at your local dealership

 

[DWillmont]

Surfing around on here I found a how-to imagine that site is up for three days and already have an answer the roller pins can also be had from ckresto.com for 22.99 each! Thanks for the reply though

 

[Donald Mitchell]

Oil will help them last longer!

 

[TechNova]

Oil will help them last longer!

And he's probably replaced them again in the 10 years since he started the thread.