How to use your car's spare wheel and jack to fix a shower door

[Piernas Flacas]

Have you ever had a derailed shower door that doesn't want to go back onto the rails?

 

Did you try to lift it, kick it, push it and hit it with a mullet and still wouldn't budge?

 

Well, here's a simple and elegant solution.

 

You will need:

 

1 x car spare wheel (doesn't have to be new or mag, size depending on distance from wall to shower less about 40 cm)

 

1 x car jack (scissor type with a range up to 40 cm)

 

1 x cycling sokkie (new or old, doesn't matter)

 

Step 1: Make sure no one is in the shower

 

Step 2: Place all tools as per photo below

 

Step 3: Turn, turn, turn the jack slowly until you hear a loud bang which means door rollers are back in place

 

Step 4: If the whole shower enclosure didn't collapse, repeat on the the other side

 

Next installment: how to clean car tyre marks from walls and bathroom tiles.

 

[Long Wheel Base]

Surely the rollers are adjustable? Mine are. I can adjust mine up and down, just like my aluminium sliding door rollers.

[Piernas Flacas]

Surely the rollers are adjustable? Mine are. I can adjust mine up and down, just like my aluminium sliding door rollers.

I couldn't even find the way to disassemble part of the frame to get access to the rollers. Couldn't dismount the door either. Looks like the whole shower frame and door were assembled in the factory. 

[Long Wheel Base]

I couldn't even find the way to disassemble part of the frame to get access to the rollers. Couldn't dismount the door either. Looks like the whole shower frame and door were assembled in the factory. 

So now the big question is, what were you doing in the shower to have the door come off the rails? I have heard of people singing in the shower, were you at a rock concert?

[Piernas Flacas]

So now the big question is, what were you doing in the shower to have the door come off the rails? I have heard of people singing in the shower, were you at a rock concert?

 

Don't ask

[RocknRolla]

That's a weirdly shaped hammer.

[Allrounder]

That wheel needs balancing and alignment! 

it is balanced. Check inside the rim at a about 3:10, you can see the weights. 

[popcorn_skollie]

Please use larger text next time you label your images.

I had to like zoom in to figure out which was the wheel and which was the jack.

[Stretch]

I'm guessing the tyre can be replaced by anything around the house that gives a little... For example instead of lugging a tyre into the shower and asking your better half to hold it up while you do the jack work... You could just ask your fat oom Piet to help and make use of his large beer belly

[GhostSixFour]

I'm guessing the tyre can be replaced by anything around the house that gives a little... For example instead of lugging a tyre into the shower and asking your better half to hold it up while you do the jack work... You could just ask your fat oom Piet to help and make use of his large beer belly

 

In the same way that you can use the family pet as a replacement for the sock.. It works in theory, just not as well.

[Piernas Flacas]

I'm guessing the tyre can be replaced by anything around the house that gives a little... For example instead of lugging a tyre into the shower and asking your better half to hold it up while you do the jack work... You could just ask your fat oom Piet to help and make use of his large beer belly

Oom was unavailable at the moment :-) I thought of piece of wood strong enough but couldn't find one around. So I had to think out of the box and because I the jack was part of the solution I thought, hey, might as well bring the wheel too!

[Piernas Flacas]

That's a weirdly shaped hammer.

I tried a mullet but it didn't work. Next time I'll try with a mallet :-)

[madbradd]

I honestly wish I'd tried this at my old flat - I had a similar shower that was impossible to get the bottom wheels in without something similar (for the top you could remove the corner connector and slide the door in, but the bottom corner connector and rails were obviously fixed to the shower base. Almost drove me insane as I couldn't get it fixed properly. 

[Piernas Flacas]

I honestly wish I'd tried this at my old flat - I had a similar shower that was impossible to get the bottom wheels in without something similar (for the top you could remove the corner connector and slide the door in, but the bottom corner connector and rails were obviously fixed to the shower base. Almost drove me insane as I couldn't get it fixed properly. 

Exactly my problem. I couldn't even find a screw to try and take the whole frame apart and re-fit.

[Thor Buttox]

Just use the bath I say. Free and easy. Or the hose outside. Or just burn the house down and refit the shower with the insurance money. DIY is for the birds.

[Vetplant]

Again, if a Mallet/hammer can't get it back in... what did you do to get it out in the first place?!