Door hinge bushings
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Door hinge bushings
On my driver side door (74 F100), the lower door hinge bushing is basically missing. So there's a lot of slop when the door closes and it prematurely wears the striker bolt.
I looked on rockauto and oreilly's and also dorman and didn't see the hinge bushing. Do these exist aftermarket? how about ford?
I looked on rockauto and oreilly's and also dorman and didn't see the hinge bushing. Do these exist aftermarket? how about ford?
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Try here: Results for 1976 FORD F-150 2 Door :: Total Automotive Hinge Kit Solutions
I punched in '76 F150 but yours will be the same
I punched in '76 F150 but yours will be the same
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Thanks everyone. I've done these on Chevy trucks - looks like you tap out each pin from the bottom, then remove door, then punch out old bushings, then press in new bushings. Install door and drive in new pins. Is this correct?
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1. Is it necessary to remove the hinge? I thought re-installing a hinge was a mess to line things back up?
2. Do you need a special press to get the new bushing in? I figure you grind the old ones out with an angle grinder, then use a c-clamp to press the new ones in?
1. Is it necessary to remove the hinge? I thought re-installing a hinge was a mess to line things back up?
2. Do you need a special press to get the new bushing in? I figure you grind the old ones out with an angle grinder, then use a c-clamp to press the new ones in?
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It is easier if you take them off.. But if you mark where it was and only do one at a time it isn't much of a problem. You will likely need to adjust them anyway as they were probably adjusted one other time in all the years it been around.
When I did mine I couldn't find any kits either and did not want to wait a week so I drilled them out to 3/8, which was almost exactly what they were worn too and used a piece of 3/8 cold roll for a pin and a piece of tubing the cold roll barely fit into and put it inside the hinge, dropped the pin in and welded it the tubing to the inside then when I put it on the pickup I greased it up slipped the pin thru and tack welded the top so the pin would stay in place and I had a bushing over 2" long that should last longer than the pickup..
Cost me about 12 bucks but so worth it..
Just grind the end of the pin and a punch will drive it out okay, putting it together you may need to tap things in with a hammer, those kits work pretty good as long as things aren't too worn..
When I did mine I couldn't find any kits either and did not want to wait a week so I drilled them out to 3/8, which was almost exactly what they were worn too and used a piece of 3/8 cold roll for a pin and a piece of tubing the cold roll barely fit into and put it inside the hinge, dropped the pin in and welded it the tubing to the inside then when I put it on the pickup I greased it up slipped the pin thru and tack welded the top so the pin would stay in place and I had a bushing over 2" long that should last longer than the pickup..
Cost me about 12 bucks but so worth it..
Just grind the end of the pin and a punch will drive it out okay, putting it together you may need to tap things in with a hammer, those kits work pretty good as long as things aren't too worn..
Last edited by wdfp; Jan 31, 2014 at 02:04 PM. Reason: more info
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I did mine with a large c-clamp, with the hinges still on the truck. Had to use a socket so the bushing went all the way through without crushing. I had a bigger problem getting the pins back in, but that was just me trying to hold the door and get them in at the same time.
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or you could look at the hinges on the driver side compare them to the passenger side. you will see that there is only two hinges and they are upside down on one side of the truck, ford only made 2 hinges for the 4 locations, so take the hinge you need from the opposite side off a truck in the wrecking yard as the passenger sides get used way less 
so lower driver side hinge matches upper passenger side - they are the same part
and upper driver side hinge matches lower passenger side - they are the same part
so lower driver side hinge matches upper passenger side - they are the same part
and upper driver side hinge matches lower passenger side - they are the same part
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Great piece of information there, you ought to post that in the "tips and tricks" thread.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/3...nd-tricks.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/3...nd-tricks.html
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I took the cheap route, I went to Fastenal and ordered a box of bushings, cut the pins out put in the new bushings and rotated the worn part of the pin to the opposite of where it would wear now, (and put the left on the right) tack welded the pin back in, and was into it for $16 or $18 for a box of 25 bushings, I had to do all my crew cab hinges before paint,
You have to order by size not application, my truck used bushings that were considered a GM application.
You have to order by size not application, my truck used bushings that were considered a GM application.
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