Composite door hinge adjustment?

Composite door hinge adjustment?

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LeadFarmer

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Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Im popping over to a friends house tomorrow to see if I can adjust their composite door that they say is very difficult to open/close. Once closed, i locks fine. Im not sure until I get there if it needs adjusting vertically, horizontally, or compression adjustment.

In the photos below, I reckon I will need to do the following to each hinge....

Pop off the top cap
Open the door to reveal the grub screw
loosen the grub/retaining screw
Use a socket spanner/allen key to adjust the bolt in the hinge from above.
Retighten grub screw

Does this sound about right, or do I need to adjust the two allen key bolts instead?






Edited by LeadFarmer on Thursday 23 March 18:04

LeadFarmer

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Thursday 23rd March 2017
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TallPaul said:
I'd guess the hinge pins are concentric
Great word.

Thats what I was thinking but didn't know what the word was.

Anyone know if those two allen key bolts adjust the door?

LeadFarmer

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Ashtray83 said:
The 2 Allen bolts in the picture pull the leaf in tighter to the rubber of the frame
With the door shut Pull the top plastic cover off this one will move the door left to right in the frame
the one underneath the bottom plastic cover will lift the door up and down
Hope that makes sense
It does, thank you.