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Do away with draggin' doors.


A mechanic who tries to install a new rear soft door on a HMMWV HMMWV High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV is a trademark of AM General LLC; aka HUMVEE, also a trademark of AM General LLC)  by himself has a lot in common with one-armed paper hangers paper hanger n. slang for a person who criminally writes and cashes "bad" checks on accounts he/she either does not have or which have no money in them. (See: fraud, forgery) . Mainly, he doesn't have enough hands to do the job right!

It's nearly impossible to tighten the binges while keeping the door aligned so that the latch will work when you're finished.

Your best bet is to get a second person to lend a hand to give assistance.
to give assistance; to help.

See also: Hand Lend
. Have your helper hold the door so the latch lines up. Then, reach in through the opened window of the door and tighten the hinges Hinges may refer to:
  • Plural form of hinge, a mechanical device that connects two solid objects, allowing a rotation between them.
  • Hinges, a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France
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Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2005
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