nother door handle thread. pin replacement
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nother door handle thread. pin replacement
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I just broke my door handle again so I am going to change the hinge pins: Door Hinge Pin and Bushing Kit by Dorman - Help - part# 38410 my only draw back is I don't know how to go about it. Can anyone tell me or show a write up for it?
Thanks!
I just broke my door handle again so I am going to change the hinge pins: Door Hinge Pin and Bushing Kit by Dorman - Help - part# 38410 my only draw back is I don't know how to go about it. Can anyone tell me or show a write up for it?
Thanks!
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Its one of those jobs that's not hard but can be a real pain sometimes. Like ujoints. If you look at the hinge you will see the pins have heads that are peened over. You need to grind the head of the pin off and drive them out. Try not to be tempted to drill them out because if the drill walks and you oversize the hole you will need new hinges. They're a tight fit in there. Oh ya before you take the door and hinges off mark the outline of the hinge on the door jamb or door whichever way you go so you wont have as much trouble getting the door gap lined back up
on edit those look like they're alot easier than the ones I just put in my car. You should be fine. The bushings may be froze or rusted in there though.
on edit those look like they're alot easier than the ones I just put in my car. You should be fine. The bushings may be froze or rusted in there though.
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I took an air chisel to the top of the pins when i did my hinges last summer. make sure if u do it this way have somewhat of a sharp pointed chisel, a rounded one like i had is a capital b and takes forever. then slammed the pins out. i had some extra white rattle can paint laying around that kinda matched my piaint so i sprayed anything that i may have sratched so it didnt rust or look like crap. just another idea.
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Not sure if it's the same on these trucks but when I did the pins and bushings on my 91 and several other older ones I bought chrysler bushing and pin kits. They are bigger diameter. The bushing were big enough that they filled the hole left after I drilled out the egg shaped ones that I had. Just something to look into while you are at the store.
The job really takes two people. Someone to hold the door while you remove the bolts. It's not hard with an extension and swivel socket. Make sure you scribe the location of the hinges before removing them though.
The job really takes two people. Someone to hold the door while you remove the bolts. It's not hard with an extension and swivel socket. Make sure you scribe the location of the hinges before removing them though.
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Its one of those jobs that's not hard but can be a real pain sometimes. Like ujoints. If you look at the hinge you will see the pins have heads that are peened over. You need to grind the head of the pin off and drive them out. Try not to be tempted to drill them out because if the drill walks and you oversize the hole you will need new hinges. They're a tight fit in there. Oh ya before you take the door and hinges off mark the outline of the hinge on the door jamb or door whichever way you go so you wont have as much trouble getting the door gap lined back up
on edit those look like they're alot easier than the ones I just put in my car. You should be fine. The bushings may be froze or rusted in there though.
on edit those look like they're alot easier than the ones I just put in my car. You should be fine. The bushings may be froze or rusted in there though.
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if you have power doors it might not be entirely possible to take em all the way off i just slack out the wires from inside the panels and put the door on 2 jack stands and towels to keep em form messing up the paint
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I need to do mine soon and I plan to use a piece of rope, a towel or rag, and my engine hoist to hold the door up while I replace the pins. I've done them this way before and it works fairly well. Just roll the window down, wrap the towel around the top of the door through the open window, throw a loop of rope around it and use the hoist to support the whole thing.
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Blake, I didn't take mine off either, didn't want to deal with that
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I grind off the peened over part if it is still there , you can cut the pin in the middle too. You can replace them one set at a time .Use a floor jack with a board or a pad on top to raise & lower the door ..... It takes about 10 minutes .. a piece of redi rod ,nuts & washers(or a fairly long bolt)will help (if you need it) to install the bushings.. There is enough room to do this without taking the door off.
I do the top first , & put the replacement pin in 1/2 way , then lift the door to do the lower . After the lower is complete , put the upper pin in the rest of the way ..
Then take the door panel off & find out what is bent inside the latch .. . The door also has a tendency to crack right where the base of the handle bolts to the door . I can be reinforced with weld or a large washer ...
I do the top first , & put the replacement pin in 1/2 way , then lift the door to do the lower . After the lower is complete , put the upper pin in the rest of the way ..
Then take the door panel off & find out what is bent inside the latch .. . The door also has a tendency to crack right where the base of the handle bolts to the door . I can be reinforced with weld or a large washer ...
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That's a good idea Rick, wish I thought to put the top pin in only half way when I did mine. I bet there is much more room for the bushings on the lower pin if you can move it more.
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I planned on doing mine...I bought the pins and put them in my glove box...They sat there for months! I dropped my truck off last friday to athe ONLY shop I trust and they did them for an hours labor. 75 bucks. Kind of expensive, but hey if they dented my door, scratched it, broke something, etc they'd fix it. Plus they have the door dollys. Shuts like a dream now. But it has to go back due to door and fender alignment, when you run your hand down the side of my fender it drops a 1/4 inch to the door.
but oh well. I really didnt think the bushing kit would be this nice. Shuts like factory!!
but oh well. I really didnt think the bushing kit would be this nice. Shuts like factory!!
