Alright, who said changing the door hinge pins and bushings was a easy job?
11-05-2005, 10:13 AM
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Alright, who said changing the door hinge pins and bushings was a easy job?
I remember a few said this could be done without taking the door off.
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11-05-2005, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by turtlevette
I remember a few said this could be done without taking the door off.
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It can be done with the door on...you just have to remove the rest of the body.
11-05-2005, 10:35 AM
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Melting Slicks
I did both doors on my 68 without removing anything. You must not have read the directions closely. This is a very easy job if you follow the instructions. Many on this forum have done it.
File or grind the head of the pin (which is round) into the shape of the letter "D". The flat part of the letter "D" will clear the front fender. You only need to do this for the top hinge, the bottom you do nothing except remove and replace. Not very difficult.
Kurt
File or grind the head of the pin (which is round) into the shape of the letter "D". The flat part of the letter "D" will clear the front fender. You only need to do this for the top hinge, the bottom you do nothing except remove and replace. Not very difficult.
Kurt
11-05-2005, 10:51 AM
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Melting Slicks
doing mine in a couple weeks when i finish motor swap on my jeep. im just going to cut the top pin that is in the door and like mentioned, grind the new pin head down and re-insert.
11-05-2005, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ksbunting
I did both doors on my 68 without removing anything. You must not have read the directions closely. This is a very easy job if you follow the instructions. Many on this forum have done it.
File or grind the head of the pin (which is round) into the shape of the letter "D". The flat part of the letter "D" will clear the front fender. You only need to do this for the top hinge, the bottom you do nothing except remove and replace. Not very difficult.
Kurt
File or grind the head of the pin (which is round) into the shape of the letter "D". The flat part of the letter "D" will clear the front fender. You only need to do this for the top hinge, the bottom you do nothing except remove and replace. Not very difficult.
Kurt
The bottom pin took a lot of force to pound out. They are supposed to be knurled in and the bottom one was in really good. The whole hinge had to come out to pound it out with a hand sledge.
11-05-2005, 05:17 PM
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Turtlevette,
The new pins don't come with instructions. The instructions were posted on this and several other forums by guys who have been there and done it, myself included. I am assuming you have stock fenders and not some custom mod job. There isn't a 1/2 mile of room but if you grind the head there is just enough room to slide the pin by. You have to go slow and line it up just right, and AGAIN you only have to worry about the top hinge pin, the bottom is a piece of cake. You don't want to disturb the hinges unless you qwant to get into removing part of your dash and also realigning your doors. I use the KISS method: stands for Keep It Simple Stupid.
The new pins don't come with instructions. The instructions were posted on this and several other forums by guys who have been there and done it, myself included. I am assuming you have stock fenders and not some custom mod job. There isn't a 1/2 mile of room but if you grind the head there is just enough room to slide the pin by. You have to go slow and line it up just right, and AGAIN you only have to worry about the top hinge pin, the bottom is a piece of cake. You don't want to disturb the hinges unless you qwant to get into removing part of your dash and also realigning your doors. I use the KISS method: stands for Keep It Simple Stupid.
11-05-2005, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ksbunting
I did both doors on my 68 without removing anything. You must not have read the directions closely. This is a very easy job if you follow the instructions. Many on this forum have done it.
File or grind the head of the pin (which is round) into the shape of the letter "D". The flat part of the letter "D" will clear the front fender. You only need to do this for the top hinge, the bottom you do nothing except remove and replace. Not very difficult.
Kurt
File or grind the head of the pin (which is round) into the shape of the letter "D". The flat part of the letter "D" will clear the front fender. You only need to do this for the top hinge, the bottom you do nothing except remove and replace. Not very difficult.
Kurt
11-05-2005, 11:56 PM
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I would wrap a heavy rag around the tool that you use to pound the hinge pin down with. That top fiberglass/paint corner of the door chips very easily....
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11-06-2005, 02:20 AM
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i got new hinge pins as well but have been procrastinating on doing it but now taht i know the trick for doing it without removing the doors i think i might replace them tomorrow. 
11-06-2005, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by LIQUIDDRAGON
i got new hinge pins as well but have been procrastinating on doing it but now taht i know the trick for doing it without removing the doors i think i might replace them tomorrow.
you might not have a good day.
11-06-2005, 09:16 AM
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the other thing i forgot to mention is that you can't get the bushings in without removing both pins and taking the door off. The pins don't wear so much as the brass bushings. Thats what really needs replacing.
11-06-2005, 09:47 AM
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I agree, usually i't's the bushings that need to be replaced, on one of my hines the hinge itself was worn out, a new buishing didn't help so I had to weld the hole and redrill.
11-06-2005, 11:43 PM
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I ended up pulling my door (door-side bolts upper, body-side bolts lower) to remove the pins. It still took a long time beating on them with a punch and hammer to get the pins out. My upper hinge was so egged that I had to grind out the openings and use the larger repair bushings from the the Help! kit. The lower was fine, dropped in the original-size bushings no problem. I re-used the original pins, they were in nice shape and the replacements were way too long.
11-07-2005, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
changing these pins is relly easy, lift up front clip and replace 
I'm quicker than y'all think 
11-07-2005, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by LIQUIDDRAGON
i just used a concrete block and some rags. I guess i'm just a good ole boy.