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OVX hidge Repair Project!
Here is what I have done to repair it. I did not take a pic of doing the drilling, but I did drilling along with a torch to expand the metals and kinda soften the aluminum metal to make the holes...

1. Aligned Drilled holes (had to drill both same time...first drill the broken off part, then put the broken off part on to the door and clamp onto it then drill the existing hole to align it. Also drill while metal is hot (and if necessary torch it same time with drilling) Wear protection too (goggles and mask) 

2. After first hole is made make sure its aligned and the paper clip fits.

3. After #2. you repeat to make a 2nd hole and after the 2nd drill is made....put both pins to make sure its all good.

4. Use Epoxy onto the paper clip, into the small holes on the door, and do the same onto the broken off hinge, then side the hinge through the 2 holes to the door body.

5. Make sure it is straightly put together, and CLAMP it together. Leave it like this along with the paper clips for 24 hours (even though the glue says 5 minute or whatever, it takes 24 hours to CURE, 5 min to dry and hold....but the longer you wait...the stronger the glue will work!!!

6. After completed the glue drying/curing clip off the excess paper clips, and file to smooth out any rough areas or extra paperclip and paint. Then test it on the fixture carefully! 

7. Completed, shown opened! 

8. Completed! (the brown marks are from the torch, I have not painted it yet.)

That's how you fix it. The drilling part is kinda challenging and you need precision drill bits too. 
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OVX hidge Repair Project!

Here is what I have done to repair it. I did not take a pic of doing the drilling, but I did drilling along with a torch to expand the metals and kinda soften the aluminum metal to make the holes...

1. Aligned Drilled holes (had to drill both same time...first drill the broken off part, then put the broken off part on to the door and clamp onto it then drill the existing hole to align it. Also drill while metal is hot (and if necessary torch it same time with drilling) Wear protection too (goggles and mask)

2. After first hole is made make sure its aligned and the paper clip fits.

3. After #2. you repeat to make a 2nd hole and after the 2nd drill is made....put both pins to make sure its all good.

4. Use Epoxy onto the paper clip, into the small holes on the door, and do the same onto the broken off hinge, then side the hinge through the 2 holes to the door body.

5. Make sure it is straightly put together, and CLAMP it together. Leave it like this along with the paper clips for 24 hours (even though the glue says 5 minute or whatever, it takes 24 hours to CURE, 5 min to dry and hold....but the longer you wait...the stronger the glue will work!!!

6. After completed the glue drying/curing clip off the excess paper clips, and file to smooth out any rough areas or extra paperclip and paint. Then test it on the fixture carefully!

7. Completed, shown opened!

8. Completed! (the brown marks are from the torch, I have not painted it yet.)

That's how you fix it. The drilling part is kinda challenging and you need precision drill bits too.

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streetlight98   [Jan 23, 2012 at 11:46 PM]
Great work Jace! Smile
GullWhiz   [Jan 24, 2012 at 12:23 AM]
Thanks!
TiCoune66   [Jan 24, 2012 at 12:30 AM]
That's one precision job! It's a good idea to use a paper clip as rebars, kinda like in reinforced concrete!
A_lights   [Jan 24, 2012 at 12:31 AM]
Thanks! That's sure A lot of work , but I gave you some cool stuff
joe_347V   [Jan 24, 2012 at 12:51 AM]
Nice job! I can't imagine doing something this precise without manually, did you use a drill press?
GullWhiz   [Jan 24, 2012 at 02:15 AM]
nope....I actually used hand drill! I tell you it wasn't easy....but the sawhorse helped me a lot...it's a sawhorse with clamp....
FGS   [Jan 24, 2012 at 02:29 AM]
Nice work Jace!
GullWhiz   [Jan 24, 2012 at 02:34 AM]
Thanks!
SeanB~1   [Jan 24, 2012 at 05:07 PM]
Good job! Myself i would have used a thicker wire, and would have either sanded it to get it rough or would have beaten dents into it to provide more mechanical anchorage. Good idea on heating to soften the alloy, and I prefer to use a metal loaded epoxy instead of the clear, as it is a stronger bond to metal. I hope you degreased all parts before applying the epoxy.
GullWhiz   [Jan 24, 2012 at 06:21 PM]
yeah I have made sure it was clean, and trust me thicker wire would be a bit harder because the body is thinner than it looks...so if you drilled a hole a bit too big, you are weakening the body area making thinner if you know what I mean?

Also it was already rough LOL.....and I already have tried my best to make it possible...and did a little bit of denting the wire (the wire was paper clips..)
SeanB~1   [Jan 24, 2012 at 06:39 PM]
The epoxy I like the best is made by ABE, but it has a cure time of 24 hours, and a pot life of 3 hours after mixing. Sets harder than steel, and the bond is stronger than most materials it is bonded to. Sticks concrete together, if it fails again it will not be the epoxy joint that fails. Instructions say to remove with thinners before curing, afterwards grind it off as nothing else works then.

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