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This is for one re-designed and improved custom made plastic hinge repair part for the special half metal, half plastic garage door hinges that came pre-installed on many garage doors decades ago. The company who made the doors never offered replacements. After much R&D these are now in production. 2022 All Rights Reserved.
 
The original metal-plastic hinges by themselves were never sold individually. They only came riveted separately to the upper and lower edges of each garage door panel. The two halves were then joined together during installation of the door. The problem is the plastic half breaks if the hinge is stressed or loaded unevenly or fatigues from age. Among other features this design allows the two halves to separate cleanly under extreme vertical duress without breaking the plastic piece. This allows you to fix the problem and then rejoin the two halves. This is not just a mass produced copy of the original piece.
 
You will receive one plastic hinge half. Connect the plastic half to the metal half of the hinge that is still attached to your garage door. The original design required a force fit using vise grips to force them together. Among other features this design installs without having to exert any such force. Once your item ships I will message you regarding how to connect the two pieces. For the purposes of keeping intellectual property out of the public eye for now the piece that ships out will look slightly different and will be darker in color.
 
To install:
1. Drill out the 2 rivets that are holding your broken plastic piece to your garage door. It takes a few seconds as the rivets are very soft aluminum. The bit only needs to go in a few millimeters and the rivet will fall apart. Try a 3/8" bit. 
2. Join the new plastic half to the metal half.
3. Fasten the new plastic half to the garage door with pop-rivets. Match the head/flare size of the new rivets to the originals, roughly a 1/4" clamping range with a 1/2" wide head. Use quality store bought or brand name rivets.
 
Rivets are the original fastener. One feature of rivets is they don't loosen from movement/vibration. At the same time other parts of the door are fastened with bolts and lock washers and nuts. The type of fastener is up to you/your installer. The expense of this process is still 100x cheaper than replacing your entire garage door. 
 
*This single piece repairs one hinge. It cannot repair the entire door. This is not a complete solution for these aging doors. If the newly repaired hinge separates you may have excess stress/weight on your door. If your garage door spring is fatigued or if your door is binding or if a panel is damaged then this piece alone will not address the problem. All other specifications of the door have to be correct. As with all garage doors do not allow pets or people to stand under an open garage door and do not park under an open garage door. 
 
After my expenses of R&D then getting these into production and now seller fees, PayPal fees and shipping I make $12 before taxes. It is just barely worth it because of all the middle men. This is more about preserving what is otherwise a perfectly good garage door.
 
 
Free shipping in the U.S. 
 
If there's a problem let me know and I'll work with you. My work keeps me away often so to be safe, handling time to get this shipped out is 1 week.
 
SHIPPING ADDRESS: I can only send your item to the registered shipping address at time of payment.