Thread: Successful rear door fix

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Spare wheel is a factory alloy with the factory 235/85x16.SHOULD BE UP TO THE JOB IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO.
Drain Holes.ANY NORMAL VEHICLE HAS THEM.The water does get in,wouldnt rust if it couldnt escape after getting in!!!!!
Being form a country area and being the fixer of corrugations in roads I can only agree,they are NOT made strong enough to meet australian conditions!!!
Andrew

Ah, so you're to blame, I always felt there was someone responsible for the corrugations!

Originally Posted by Carlos

Ah, so you're to blame, I always felt there was someone responsible for the corrugations!

I have been guilty of adding them whilst grading!!!!
There is a "magic speed" whilst grading,once you go past it the grader will bounce and put fresh corrugations in the road
Andrew

I remember reading in an article ,from dr Karl i think, that corrugations are actually a natural occurrance ! So we in effect are fighting nature.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

John
I cant see the pop rivets being up to the job,factory ones failed in mine.
Andrew

Depends on the number and arrangement of them. I am interested that you have factory pop rivets - there were none in my door, everything welded. Failures were a broken weld and cracked tophat sections.

As I explained, my reason for not welding was to avoid stress concentrations - using a number of rivets spreads the load, and the large lower plate transfers the load to the lower rail without relying on the uprights.

John

I picked up the new door trim yesterday,5mm ali checkerplate thanks Adam(Agrojnr).
Its a copy of the original trim,laser cut.
THE FINISHED JOB!!!!

Certainly stronger than the factory door.
Andrew

Looks great Andrew! Who knows what LR were thinking with that door design, it seems that after it had been initially designed the bloke who fitted the wiper thought "this nice piece of box section running accross the middle of the door holding the spare on looks like a great place to cut a ruddy big hole to run the wiper arm through".

Here's a post 2002 door naked, (for anyone who cares )



Cheers,

PS: Yes, the top left and bottom right spare tyre mount nuts and washers have already been taken off.

Andy, those doors are the main reason I bought a new MIG....Such a disaster and quite easily preventable during design stage, have repaired heaps and then fitted wheel carriers to them.
Luckily my 110's one seems OK, carrier was removed and plated over already...


JC

Originally Posted by TimNZ

Looks great Andrew! Who knows what LR were thinking with that door design, it seems that after it had been initially designed the bloke who fitted the wiper thought "this nice piece of box section running accross the middle of the door holding the spare on looks like a great place to cut a ruddy big hole to run the wiper arm through".

Here's a post 2002 door naked, (for anyone who cares )



Cheers,

PS: Yes, the top left and bottom right spare tyre mount nuts and washers have already been taken off.

When I put the wheel carrier on mine (swing with door), I made spacers to go under those large washers, so that the mounting bolts pull on the edges of the channel and the centre. (spreads the load) This alleviates the problem of the washers crushing into the gap.

Hope this makes sense