The Residential Door Hinge Adjuster
Detailed Instructions
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Directions:
    This simple tool can eliminate sticking doors without shaving.  It can center the door in the opening.
    Is a must have tool for the tradesman and a convenience for the home owner.

1. You will need a hammer and a flat head screwdriver.

2. To adjust the hinge, the pin has to be removed.

3. Most doors have three hinges. Remove the center pin. Leaving the top and bottom pins in place.

4. Adjusting the top hinge:  pull the pin, leaving leaving the pin in the bottom hinge.  Lean the door
    away from the hinge on the jamb.  To move the door down and toward the lock side, slide the
    hinge adjuster over the hinge on the jamb side, bend each knuckle evenly toward
    the lock side a little at a time, till reaching the the desired margin.

5. Adjusting the door away from the lock side and up:  bend the knuckles of the hinge on
    the door toward the door.

6. To check the margin:  the pin has to be reinstalled.  After adjusting the top hinge,
    pull the pin on the bottom hinge.  Pulling the door away from the hinge on the jamb,
    to adjust the door up  and closer to the lock side, adjust the knuckles of the hinge on
    the jamb towards the lock side.

7. To adjust the door down farther away from the lock side:  bend the knuckles of the hinge
    on the door toward the door.  Once adjusted, the center hinge has to line up,  you can
    then adjust the hinge on the door jamb.
 
 

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