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Whats the U shaped piece on lower door repair pane for
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:26 am
by Richie B
Hi, can someone tell me what the U shaped piece on the lower door repair panel is for please. It is adjacent to the lowest door hinge bolt hole. I havent seen it in any pictures or manuals.
Is it neccessary or can i remove it. Ive tried putting photo on but system wont let me.
As always any advice gratefully received
Richard
Re: Whats the U shaped piece on lower door repair pane for
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:33 am
by simmitc
Can you post a picture panel, showing the piece to which you refer. Thanks.
Re: Whats the U shaped piece on lower door repair pane for
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:54 am
by Richie B
Sorry, getting error message that photo cant/wont load.
I have tried several times and had no luck
Richard
Re: Whats the U shaped piece on lower door repair pane for
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:59 am
by geoberni
What size are your photos?
We do have random, spurious, image attachment issues sometimes.
I've just uploaded these, one is <600Kb, the other is almost 5Mb. They both upload and show in preview, so I'm just going the Submit and see if they appear....
Edit
I've now come back and removed the photos as there was no requirement for them to stay. Both loaded without any problem.
Re: Whats the U shaped piece on lower door repair pane for
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:38 am
by Richie B
Thanks Geoberni, size was 2.7mb
Tried again no luck

Re: Whats the U shaped piece on lower door repair pane for
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:01 pm
by philthehill
You can see the 'U' shaped bracket attached to the lower outer face of the panel in the link below.
https://www.morrisminorspares.com/body- ... de-p828507
The bracket is there to keep the lower rear end of the front wing in its correct position. I would advise against its removal.
Re: Whats the U shaped piece on lower door repair pane for
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:52 am
by Richie B
Thanks Phil,
As always a great help. Now I know its purpose I shant be cutting it off!
Richard
Re: Whats the U shaped piece on lower door repair pane for
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:05 am
by philthehill
You have to remember that the bolts securing the front wing are some distance away and on a different plane from the lower rear edge of the wing. The lower rear section of the wing could float/move if the bracket was not there to support it.
Re: Whats the U shaped piece on lower door repair pane for
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:37 am
by simmitc
Ah, all becomes clear, it's the A-post or hinge post repair panel, not the "lower door repair" panel
https://www.morrisminorspares.com/body- ... de-p828471 