How to repair door hinge bolt holes??

[AzHank]

Can anyone tell me how to repair the bolt holes on a 29 CCPU door and frame. I can't seem to get the taper made. Any ideas? The holes are wobled out and I can weld them up and redrill them but how do I make remake the taper to use the original tapered screws??

 

[JoeWay]

You need a countersink

The screws are probably 82 degree included angle. You should be able to get one at a good hardware store. Make sure your welds are annealed before you drill and countersink the holes.

Joe

 

[Roadster62]

You need to make a jig to line up the new holes if you weld things up. Hopefully there is enough of the original hole to center things.

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

Also a Dremmel or die grinder and stone with the correct angle might work well for this.

 

[AzHank]

The taper that I'm refering to is on the sheet metal side.

 

[Mike V. Florida]

Have not done this, just thinking here. Countersink and tap a piece of steel 1/4" thick. Place this behind the sheet metal. Place a screw through the sheet metal into the "die" you made from the steel. Tighten the screw tight. Tap screw with a hammer to start the metal bending. Tighten the screw, tap, repeat until done.

Like I said I have not done this, but I think that is you were to "over countersink" the steel to account for the thickness of the sheet metal it should work.