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| Dave-H Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1507   
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Owing to recent incidents of door and bonnet thefts from Defenders, i was looking at various replacement door hinge bolts without much success
Whilst pondering the idea with me, a workmate got out his vernier, had a measure and said "Why dont you just superglue a 5mm ball bearing into the head of each bolt"? Bloody brilliant ! 
We did a loose bolt as a test, and it proved dam near impossible to remove the bb owing to snugness of fit and shape. Mine now all have a 5 mm bb in place .... might not be foolproof, but makes it one hell of a job to unbolt, looks pretty tidy too 
Just make sure you 'nip' the bolts up tight first, if a door hinge comes loose afterwards you'll be hard pressed to do anything about it  Guns and Landrovers .... anything else is irrelevant. |
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3rd Jun 2012 9:06pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4722 
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[quote="Retroanaconda"]I like the idea, but the prospect of drilling out all those ball bearings/bolts in 10-15 years time when the hinges wear out would rather put me off!
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3rd Jun 2012 10:53pm |
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| noworries4x4 Member Since: 24 Dec 2010 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 1195
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I have just filled up the heads with 2 part epoxy glue at least i can chisil it out if needed with a centre punch but will put most opotunists off. If everything is under control you are not going fast enough.
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4th Jun 2012 8:31am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17470  
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A good idea but hardly original - it's been on this forum more than once before.
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4th Jun 2012 10:31am |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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Excellent idea! Great minds and all that... Same one I had in January....pictures here...
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic8589-15.html If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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4th Jun 2012 3:02pm |
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| Dave-H Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1507
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Must of missed that ... would of saved me putting my grey matter to the test lol Guns and Landrovers .... anything else is irrelevant. |
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4th Jun 2012 7:56pm |
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