Installing the new Brothers hinges is an easy yet tedious task. You see, the hinges bolt right up with common hand tools without a hitch. The problem lies in aligning the doors, because unlike some parts where all it takes to fit something is to bolt it in place, doors require proper alignment in the door jamb. Aligning doors is kind of like playing Battleship. You call out coordinates until you get a hit on a ship. Once you get a hit, you dial in on that ship by calling out the surrounding coordinates of the ship, until finally the job is done and the ship is sunk. Similar to that, when the door is somewhat in the correct position, start making ever such slight adjustments until the door fits perfectly. There's no science to it, just the guess and check method.
To get a bird's eye view of what it takes to install the Brothers hinges, follow along with Imzz Industries in La Habra, California, while they install a set of the new hinges.
Before hanging the Brothers...
Before hanging the Brothers door hinges, check out how the hinges were aligned....
...On the door jamb, the mounting...
...On the door jamb, the mounting hole is oblonged for horizontal alignment. On the hinge itself, that hole is oblonged for vertical alignment.
When installing the hinges...
When installing the hinges to the door jamb, install each hinge to one extreme. For example, place the hinge as far in as possible and as far down as possible, or as far out and as far up as possible....
...Whatever your decision...
...Whatever your decision is, just be sure to install both the upper and lower hinge in the same position.
When it comes to installing...
When it comes to installing the door to the hinge, both the upper and lower hinge slide into the door and mount to the bosses inside the door.
Here Mike secures the hinges...
Here Mike secures the hinges to the door while Jim places the door in position. One cool thing about the Tri-Five Chevy is that there is enough room for one man to sit inside the cab and do the wrenching,...