Our truck hinges

[Ricos54]

A friend of mine thought I should post this incase there's people out there not knowing about them. My 54 hinges had been sitting in the doors on a mountain for 10 years. When I put the passenger door on it gave me a little trouble with lining up. I took my time adjusting the bolts, top then bottom messing with the bolts on the door and also messing with the hinges them selfs on the cab. After about an hour the door looked much better. I still had to put 2x4 wood behind to push on the door to tweak it, but these doors are very old and need to be pushed into shape




Once I went over to the drivers side I had nothing but grief. They would not fit right, they rub, it didn't want to shut without lifting the door and forcing it in




I couldn't figure out what was going on when I lifted the door and realized the hinges were moving up and down. I went over to the other side and the passenger door didn't budge. That's when I realized the drivers hinges were worn out. Also I noticed the top hinge was bend so I hit it a few times and that's when the hinge broke



It helps to check the hinges on the door because the weight force the door to work the hinge. All you have to do is lift the door up and down and you if the cab moves with the door hinges are good. If the door moves up an down without the cab hinges should be rebuilt or replaced. Went I bought my 1950 doors luckily hinges came with them, so after spraying ovencleaner on them and washing them off they were good enough to try them. Put the door back on and no movement. At that point I knew I had a winner.

[Highsider]

Bingo! Nice ending.
My hinges just got rebuilt and I can't wait to try them.
My neighbors will be happy if i don't need to slam the driver's door 2 or 3 times to shut it.

[mr48chev]

Yes, nice work and those hinges or at least the drivers side hinges are quite often worn out on these trucks. Great job on the door gaps on that truck I hope mine come out that good.