All,

My car suffers from a broken check strap mount on the frame-side of the door. Every time I open the driver's door, I get a pop, pop sound and where the check strap mounts to the body of the car, there are obvious stress cracks. I think someone previously forced the door past the normal opening position and broke the internal mount to the body of the car.

My question is, can the mount be re-welded if I remove the fender? Also, is removing the fender a fool's errand or can I do this before I hire somebody with a welder? I want to rectify this issue before I have the car repainted in case imminent paint damage is to occur.

Any suggestions will be helpful.

Thanks!

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