2012 2500HD Door Hinge Bent Fix

2012 2500 HD. Backed up into pole with the door open bending my door way open. Here is a quick fix to get it back close to perfect.

[@jeffreyjenkinssr.2535]

I tried this trick on my 2006 Trailblazer. I had some dumbass fold my drivers door back for me in a parking lot. He decides to come up on me as soon as I opened my door. But that's another story. I had it fixed at a body shop or so I thought. Years later the door started rubbing on the fender, so I seen your video and decided to give it a try. And I be, it worked. And better than what the body shop had done. Thanks for the video.

[@majorrsole7355]

Done the same with a broom pole. Broke the broom pole but fixed the door. Entertained the neighbours as well.

[@Ameristarrestoration]

wind storm in palm springs opened my door tooo far. body man helped me so i could get it closed. i used your trick and i t is great . Thank you 👍👍

[@tom496]

Thank you!!! We backed our Suburban's open rear door into a basketball post. Both doors on that side are damaged and we couldn't even close the door because the latch was misaligned. Drove it with the door held shut with a nylon strap until I came across this video. Now at least we can close and lock the door.

[@DOCAUTO5083]

2011 silverado 1500. Wind caught the door and swung open really hard. Started to rub afterwards. I did what you showed in your video and its fixed. Thanks for the tip.

[@BeechedOut]

Thanks for the post. Last week, I unloaded my 2000 GMC Sierra, and stupidly left my third door open. As I drove through our narrow driveway, the open door ran into the corner of our garage. It squashed our rain drain pipe, and bent the door back. It still closes, but it's f*cked up. It probably bent the hinges or the door itself. There is still about an 1/8 gap at the bottom, and no gap at the top. Going to try your fix. Thanks again for posting this. Rick in California

[@brothahazz]

super SIMPLE, save me from removing door , electrical , etc, AWESOME TIP!!!!!!!!!!

[@cameronhardiek7710]

Just had to do this, IT WORKED!! You my friend, have kept me from climbing in the passenger door.

[@billybeason350]

Hell yeah, my door was kinked also, tried your method and it helped quiet a bit a lot better anyway. Great tip I'll have to remember this. Thanx

[@brothahazz]

My van venture door now close because of this HUGE TIP!!!! THANK YOU!!! Just be careful to do little by little to bent the hinge back. or you will do too much

[@popanz25]

Heavy winds just caught my door today. Wouldnt close right. Tried this and it worked. Thank you so much!

[@ottoolson6856]

Ohhhh thanks guy! Worked like a charm. You're a true American hero!!

[@andersonfamily9006]

2005 Sierra and wind blew door open bending the hinge. Air was getting through the seal on the freeway and door wouldn’t always lock. I have just been annoyed and doing nothing for the last year. Just fixed it in 2 minutes. Thanks!!

[@odraino]

A+ brother, exactly the type of fix I was lookin for, makes sense, quick and thorough . Might even give you my first KZbin like, wouldn’t mind more tips like this in my algorithm

[@jbrenes615]

Glad it helped

[@austinjones8622]

Dude, i did the same thing on my '90 GMC today except the truck rolled back with the door open into a post. You are saving my life my friend!

[@asleepinthealley]

Thank you. I came looking for help and hoped for a quick fix after the wind blew my door open and it wouldn't close right. Had a good 1/2" to 5/8"gap at the top of the door and the wind blew in while driving. Mine was a '07 Dodge Ram 1500 but the sockets worked just right. Thank you. Thank you. I used a shorter 1/2" drive socket and almost lost it in the crack so you might want to tie a piece of string through it to help retrieve it when it falls down in the gap. I was able to fish it out with a wire coat hanger.

[@civilwheelier1]

It worked for me! Thanks for posting this video. Saved me a trip to the body shop and some $$$$. Wind blew my door open this week hard on my Sierra 1500.

[@mateomartinezChannel]

What year

[@deathmetalfunzone7727]

Dude, thank you. You just saved me an insurance claim!

[@angelestranged1]

Ok you are awesome, man after my own heart. My wife had her door hit and bent back like way toward the front and I did this now it closes fine. Will obviously work on most vehicles wish I would have know about this years ago I could have saved myself a lot of grief. Thanks for the post.

[@paultr88]

Good call. I accidentally hit one of those poles while turning out of a parking spot along the wheel well and door hinge, and now I get a lovely scraping sound when opening the door. Going to give this method a shot.

[@Nave6W]

I had high winds today where I work and it flung my door open. I found this video thinking nah probably another one that’s not what happened to me but the circumstance was similar so I kept watching. Your fix worked! I said “fu*k me it worked” when I tried it. Thanks for making a video on it.

[@brothahazz]

Bro , you are life SAVER!!! THIS WORKED!!!! AWESOME....

[@jbrenes615]

Glad I could help

[@TommyBaldwin652]

Great video . My girlfriend was out driving my 4th gen Camaro yesterday. When she returned with the car the first thing I do is inspect it for any kind of damage.. So I open the driver's side door and there a terrible freaking noise.. I look at the hinges and I notice the bottom one is bent out wards almost 3/8 of an inch.. She of course has no idea how it happened. I have a feeling she used her foot to push open the door and she pushed a lot to hard and ya.. So thanks for the quick fix. It seems completely legit and I'm gonna go do it. Thanks for the video and your time...

[@jessflo21]

Bro your a life saver I just used this method and it work golden thank. You

[@CountrySideways]

Thanks man!! Just reversed my volvo front door to a tree! 🤯 Your advice is very clever!

[@martin1b]

Wind caught my Suburban door and did the same thing. Tried this and IT WORKED!!! Thank you so much!!

[@fpacesdriver3649]

Got quoted £1058 to replace my hinges on a 2019 F Pace. Got out a 17mm socket and tried this and it worked brilliantly.

[@chrisartley6632]

awesome smart fix works well

[@jimmyyou1421]

Thank you, I saved hundreds of dollars and TIME！

[@jackfrost8854]

Used this method on my fathers 2012 Chevy Silverado 1500 to increase the gap near the front(a wind gust hit the door 3 years ago,bending it forward).Worked like a charm.Big thanks.

[@Nave6W]

Jack Frost 🥶 does it stay pretty well? I just had same thing happen and fixed it like this

[@sesa1076]

Thank you. Side door on my E250 is sprung, always has been, and I’m hoping to try this tomorrow.

[@mycatisromeo]

Awesome man. Imma try this on my 3/4 ton Chevy. You have to kinda slam the door a little hard to get it to close.

[@DetroitFishigan]

Thank you! I just did it on my Jeep Grand Cherokee. Its not as good as i like, but hey its good enough at this point 😃.

[@3wuardo]

THANK YOU🙏 i accidentally backed up with the door open on my moms truck 🤦‍♂️

[@mbperformance9794]

Worked great ! Thx !

[@aros007z]

Great information thanks!

[@dankellett6097]

Worked like a charm. Thank you.

[@n54nate62]

Appreciate it bro best solution!

[@fenderbender8000]

Very clever indeed. Thanks very much...worked a treat!

[@pvega3325]

Genius Dude

[@Schnippen_Schnappen1]

Bruh thanks i finally fixed my hatch door

[@wiredsmile]

Thx. Super simple and worked great on my car.

[@Hajjat]

Thanks for sharing! My car was hit from the side while door was closed. The gap is very wide from top but is good on bottom (sagging below). Kinda the opposite to what happened to you. Hope I can tilt the hinges somehow to reduce the gap on top and left the door back up! Or maybe if I push the door outwards similar to your incident I would be be able to reduce the gap?

[@kenhunt5153]

Honestly, I was skeptical at first. The passenger door of my Forester got caught on a dirt hillside while I made the mistake of backing up. The door was too high as a result. To lower the door a few mm I put a small socket in the gap of the top hinge. I tried it about 20 times pushing not too firmly and down on the door with the window open. I did not want to use too much force. It worked....I was shocked to tell you the truth. Thanks again. One more time that KZbin came to my rescue.

[@drewzombiez]

Thank you so much for this video man! I did the same thing to my chevelle and I've been having to deal with muscling the door open and closed. Going to try this.

[@110americalovingpatriot2]

Are you sure your wife didn't do it lol? Almost every video I've clicked on they start off so my wife jacked my door up😁 just messing with ya, I tried several other methods but yours was the one that worked, my wife must have lied to me on how she messed my door up cause I had no clue it pulled the hinges and body out enough to close the gap between the fender and door. Ok i messed it up but thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@robspring81]

Worked!

[@JosephNnbs]

you sir, are a smart man. i will definitely be giving this a try before i rub down to bare metal.

[@waynesanders1406]

Awesome. Midas bent my door and I didn't realize until over a year later. Pretty sure they left the door open while lowering it on the lift so the nature of my bend is different. I saw them almost do that same thing while I was there which is how I later come to conclude that's what they (someone else there) did. I didn't notice until over a year later when rain started pouring on my arm like a small flood after the water built up on the roof. Given all the things I have found messed up on my cars/Jeeps over the years I don't trust ANYONE anywhere to work on my vehicles. I am extremely mechanically inclined and it's usually months to a year after I've had work done that I realized they destroyed or damaged something else. For someone who doesn't know anything about cars, you better look hard to find someone reputable, and be sure the guy that's the master is the one that will be working on the vehicle, not one of his underlings. I have no idea how I can possibly fix my current problem. I live in Florida and it rains like a mofo here. It's been raining all week for 2 weeks and I have to clear out about half an inch to an inch of water in it every couple of days with towels.

[@ugk4ever]

It works. Wish I had known this for prior vehicles.

[@bearpawlawncareandconstruc4233]

Your God sent brother thank you!!!!!

[@josebalderrama6093]

Bro thank you so much u a life saver

[@muthanaahmed3760]

Thank you man I have the same problem

[@glennevans4539]

Genius

[@jonerijuseppi3047]

Bro thanks.i did the same thing nearly....good helpful repair info

[@dylonbaer985]

Damn that’s a good idea! Thanks

[@michaelcutrona2009]

Awesome thanks! Just did this and now my door closes but I went to far on the top and the latch side is to low is there any way to fix that?

[@kleasonhorning3455]

works very well, thanks a lot

[@danredrx8]

genius - great fix idea

[@jbrenes615]

Glad it helped

[@kgraha48]

what if I can't even get the door open in the first place? This looks exactly like what I'm dealing with on my 2018 sierra

[@jf6624]

Thanks from the UK

[@jk12428]

Good move! thanks for sharing!

[@Mr.Beastforpresident]

👍👍👍👍 Great Video! Thanks for posting

[@izacalba9931]

Wind caught my door and now its stuck closed won’t open more than a couple of inches any idea how I could get the door open ?

[@mikevalentine9556]

Thx man my door got pushed out from the wind. Great idea😎✌

[@jakekesler8867]

thank you so much!!! genius!

[@jbrenes615]

You're welcome!

[@matthewwang2774]

Great. I will try to fix my Odyssey that was damaged by heavy wind.

[@miriancampos6241]

Thank you soooo much !!!! I could fixed my international pro eagle truck door IMG_6040.HEIC

[@PABLOESCOBAR-ph3el]

Trabajo para ti esto mirian?

[@boudreauxish]

My problem is opposite. I have to bend the hinge on the door back out

[@tsrwakemaster]

Awesome Thanks so much Saved my ass

[@1533ramsay]

Yiur flipping brillant!

[@CH-rd3tv]

thank you so much

[@Magnet-od4pi]

Thank you

[@newhere2419]

im going to give a warning. i tried this, and yes it bent the hinge back mostly, but it also dented the , so that looks like it needs to be replaced now

[@W.Vanderbilt]

Does this work on doors that hang a bit low when not fully closed ?

[@jesstaylor6574]

Ron Jeremy no you need to replace the pins and bushings to fix the “door sag”

[@quintenandjoannklonowski134]

Yep...lol...my door pops open when turning and going over railroad tracks 😏

[@sortadank6727]

I love you dude no homo

[@poison3602]

Can’t even open the door it’s that’s bad

[@6678160]

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