I decided to replace the door hinges as they were getting very badly worn. On talking to John at Heart of England he advised me that the cheaper alternative was to buy oversized S/S replacement pins and ream the hinges out.
To increase the pin size from 1/4 inch to 7mm I purchased a 17/64th drill bit and a 7.00mm HSS Parallel Hand Reamer.
I used my model makers lathe, mounting the hinge on the milling attachment and drilling out to 17/64th (6.7469mm) and then reamed out to 7.00mm by hand using a four pin chuck, (tip-never turn the reamer counter clockwise as it will quickly dull the cutting edges)
See below:
The doors have been re-mounted and are like new.
David, 2001 4/4 4 seater Avus Blue
