![Peter V](/data/avatars/m/11/11120.jpg?1454851145)
Peter V
I don't know if this is a commen breakage , or if it has been posted before..
I 'm no lightweight at 100kg and 1.85m height , but I recon that there a lot more people
here that are to small for their weight....lol
Any way I broke a hinge a few years ago , and I glued a alu bushing in it for extra strenght
but It broke later just behind the bushing , offcourse in the middle of a holiday trip....
So no more sh....ing around with half baked solutions and oem parts that whill brake again after a few times.
I decided to make them myself in billet aluminium , using my lathé and mill...
here are the pics
here is the broken plastic hinge
![stoeltje2.jpg stoeltje2.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74679-3d1f3fae7c702679e042858ca9da023d.jpg)
![stoeltje12.jpg stoeltje12.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74680-739efae88a77d5095f884e0bbadf60be.jpg)
billet replacement
![stoeltje7.jpg stoeltje7.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74681-5472eb30ffe7d6e00f9db0b40a4c7c94.jpg)
![stoeltje4.jpg stoeltje4.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74682-508c1a092098aa677e93c798cb1f36cf.jpg)
used countersunk M6 stainless bolt and grinded excess nut to fit in plastick armrest
![stoeltje5.jpg stoeltje5.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74684-d45342ae680a02c4ced4f90b03f6095d.jpg)
![stoeltje8.jpg stoeltje8.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74685-36e3e47a7e557967c4965cd7da9b03f4.jpg)
![stoeltje14.jpg stoeltje14.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74686-60b7a4db6c906dcfb3e754218ca64fd1.jpg)
Used special 2 component metal glue to fix the hinges into the frame tubes
and then tap with rubber mullet until the shoulders of the new billet hinges touches the frame tubes
![stoeltje9.jpg stoeltje9.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74687-65b0d84bd188547629c472df0cb030ed.jpg)
![stoeltje6.jpg stoeltje6.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74688-a6df50aa093c077f98b30b4efe20aaa1.jpg)
![stoeltje13.jpg stoeltje13.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74689-618713f549b5a5905cb608ac3bb87454.jpg)
job (permantly) done....
cheers
![Cheers :cheers :cheers](/data/customsmile/old/party0012.gif)
Peter
glue the parts and tap in with rubber mullet
I 'm no lightweight at 100kg and 1.85m height , but I recon that there a lot more people
here that are to small for their weight....lol
Any way I broke a hinge a few years ago , and I glued a alu bushing in it for extra strenght
but It broke later just behind the bushing , offcourse in the middle of a holiday trip....
So no more sh....ing around with half baked solutions and oem parts that whill brake again after a few times.
I decided to make them myself in billet aluminium , using my lathé and mill...
here are the pics
here is the broken plastic hinge
![stoeltje2.jpg stoeltje2.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74679-3d1f3fae7c702679e042858ca9da023d.jpg)
![stoeltje12.jpg stoeltje12.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74680-739efae88a77d5095f884e0bbadf60be.jpg)
billet replacement
![stoeltje7.jpg stoeltje7.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74681-5472eb30ffe7d6e00f9db0b40a4c7c94.jpg)
![stoeltje4.jpg stoeltje4.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74682-508c1a092098aa677e93c798cb1f36cf.jpg)
used countersunk M6 stainless bolt and grinded excess nut to fit in plastick armrest
![stoeltje5.jpg stoeltje5.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74684-d45342ae680a02c4ced4f90b03f6095d.jpg)
![stoeltje8.jpg stoeltje8.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74685-36e3e47a7e557967c4965cd7da9b03f4.jpg)
![stoeltje14.jpg stoeltje14.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74686-60b7a4db6c906dcfb3e754218ca64fd1.jpg)
Used special 2 component metal glue to fix the hinges into the frame tubes
and then tap with rubber mullet until the shoulders of the new billet hinges touches the frame tubes
![stoeltje9.jpg stoeltje9.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74687-65b0d84bd188547629c472df0cb030ed.jpg)
![stoeltje6.jpg stoeltje6.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74688-a6df50aa093c077f98b30b4efe20aaa1.jpg)
![stoeltje13.jpg stoeltje13.jpg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/74/74689-618713f549b5a5905cb608ac3bb87454.jpg)
job (permantly) done....
cheers
![Cheers :cheers :cheers](/data/customsmile/old/party0012.gif)
Peter
glue the parts and tap in with rubber mullet