Door Hinge Pins
 

I have been trying to remove my door hinge pins but can't seem to.. how do I do this. I am replacing them and the friction plates.

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Nick Rodenberg
Wellington, MO
http://nickrod.port5.com
You can click on "My 72 Chevy Truck"
I have a 72 Cheyenne 10 with a V8 350 and a TH-350 auto-tranny.
Ochre/White/Ochre
Runs well... working on body.
Plan to get painted weekend before memorial day weekend.
Planned to be done March 7 when I turned 16. Didn't happen. Chose to do better job and be behind schedule instead of 1/2 doing it and it looking like junk.

You should be able to drive the pins up from the bottom. Have the door supported and someone to hold it steady for you. Besure to replace the bronze bushings! Good luck! Mark

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72K20 Longbed Stepside
350 4bbl, 4sp, NP205
green72K20@yahoo.com

I have the doors off and have tried hammering to push them up from bottom of pin. they won't budge. I also got the bushings from GMCPaul with his Door Hinge Reapir Kit.

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Nick Rodenberg
Wellington, MO
http://nickrod.port5.com
You can click on "My 72 Chevy Truck"
I have a 72 Cheyenne 10 with a V8 350 and a TH-350 auto-tranny.
Ochre/White/Ochre
Runs well... working on body.
Plan to get painted weekend before memorial day weekend.
Planned to be done March 7 when I turned 16. Didn't happen. Chose to do better job and be behind schedule instead of 1/2 doing it and it looking like junk.

Most of the time we have to heat the hinges to get the pins to drive out. We remove the hinges and support them on a large vise, heat
them, and then drive the pins out.

Jim

Cut the hing at the joints with a hack saw. Then tap out the halfs after you soke them for a while in WD40. Still had to heat one with a Propane tourch.

The ones I got from GMC paul were to long and had to cut them.

Yep, had to trim the pins to length. Tried to remove one with brute force and gave up. Fired up the torch and then it was easy.

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1971 C-10 Suburban
1972 C-10 Suburban
1969 XL Galaxie Fastback
1968 Galaxie 500 Fastback
1974 SCOUT II

Montrose, Minnesota

do the pins have the bottom ends swelled out?? some of them are crimped from the factory to avoid comming out. You have to grind the tabs off in order to push the pins up, or just cut the pin with a die grinder, or torch or hacksaw.

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Ol' Buck: '72 Chevy 1/2T 4x4 shortbox stepside 350/350auto on '84
ralleys and 31/10.5s

Angel girl: 67 Cutlass convertible
330, 3spd stick

Greener: 90 GMC Jimmy
350/auto
Chad Stephens
Orleans,NE

no name yet: 72 442 under serious construction

Now I know what I need to do.
Thanks guys.

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Nick Rodenberg
Wellington, MO
http://nickrod.port5.com
You can click on "My 72 Chevy Truck"
I have a 72 Cheyenne 10 with a V8 350 and a TH-350 auto-tranny.
Ochre/White/Ochre
Runs well... working on body.
Plan to get painted weekend before memorial day weekend.
Planned to be done March 7 when I turned 16. Didn't happen. Chose to do better job and be behind schedule instead of 1/2 doing it and it looking like junk.

I've got a good set of lower hinges. Free, plus shipping if you want them.

Are they new or have they been used before?

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Nick Rodenberg
Wellington, MO
http://nickrod.port5.com
You can click on "My 72 Chevy Truck"
I have a 72 Cheyenne 10 with a V8 350 and a TH-350 auto-tranny.
Ochre/White/Ochre
Runs well... working on body.
Plan to get painted weekend before memorial day weekend.
Planned to be done March 7 when I turned 16. Didn't happen. Chose to do better job and be behind schedule instead of 1/2 doing it and it looking like junk.