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Appreciation post: the rusty hinge pin on a freezer door that almost cost me a service call in Boise
I was out in Boise on a Friday around 4pm, and the freezer gasket was still leaking after I swapped it, so I thought I had grabbed the wrong part. I sat on the floor for 20 minutes checking the strike plate, then noticed the bottom hinge pin was rusted and barely moving, making the door sag just enough to break the seal. I hit it with some penetrating oil and a tap from my mallet, and the door realigned itself on the spot. Customer said "I've had that freezer for 11 years and nobody ever checked the hinge." How do you all handle hinge sag on older units, just oil and shim or do you swap the whole hinge set?
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noah3777d ago
Why swap anything on an 11 year old freezer if oil and a tap fix it? That hinge pin probably just needed five minutes of love after a decade of nobody looking at it. I'd hit it with oil first every time, then check it again in a month. If it rusts up solid again, sure, new hinge set. But pulling good metal just because it's old is throwing money away.
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