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11-22-2012, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmy21669
They save your hinges....
11-22-2012, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
How? I don't understand that. I don't swing my door open, and I don't imagine that little arm carrying a vertical load.
11-22-2012, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by my89xj
My hinges are starting to rip off. Because I got rid of the check arms, easy to weld though.
11-22-2012, 02:00 PM
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11-22-2012, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
How? I don't understand that. I don't swing my door open, and I don't imagine that little arm carrying a vertical load.
11-22-2012, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Tattookid85
I hope it goes well with this ipa I have for dinner if not i got other beer and liquor lol
11-22-2012, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by wormdrink
It doesn't carry the vertical load, the hinges do. It limits the door's outward travel and it props the door open when you need it to stay there. It kinda hurts when that door swings closed on my leg lol.
11-22-2012, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmy21669
They save your hinges....
11-22-2012, 03:32 PM
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When you dont have check arms, you dont damage the hinge, you damage where the hinge mounts to the body. When the hinge hits its built in stop, the momentum of the door causes the metal and the weld at the base to flex, hence the damage.
11-22-2012, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jakbob
When you dont have check arms, you dont damage the hinge, you damage where the hinge mounts to the body. When the hinge hits its built in stop, the momentum of the door causes the metal and the weld at the base to flex, hence the damage.
11-22-2012, 03:34 PM
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