door hinge pin removal
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From: Friendswood, Texas
Are you tring to remove the pin to replace it or are you simply wanting to remove the door?
I was not able to remove the pin when I was pulling the doors on my F1 so I removed the hinges from the cab. USE ONLY A #4 PHILLIPS BIT for this.
I was not able to remove the pin when I was pulling the doors on my F1 so I removed the hinges from the cab. USE ONLY A #4 PHILLIPS BIT for this.
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Beside my '48 F-1, I have a finished '37 Ford coupe street rod, totally finished. I wanted to put hinge mount mirrors on it & the hinge pins wouldn't move with normal means. So, I got a strip of thin plywood against the door & cowl, got a friend to hold a drift up under the pin & two handed an 8# long handled sledge up & pounded the drift. The pins popped out 1st hit! Similar hinges on our trucks so should work.
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From: Littleton, New Hampshire
Originally Posted by 1949f1
what is the best way to get them out.i see a tool in catalog's .is this what i need? along with a little heat maybe. thanks,tracy
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From: Agua Dulce, So. Calif.
Originally Posted by texan2004
Guess I should have used a bigger hammer.
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I found the thread thru search and wanted to say thanks. I have tried removing the hinge pins on my 51 F1 with no luck. I want to remove the doors while working on the truck but the hinges are actually welded in. Hopefully these tips will help, thanks
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
rodnex,
Are your door hinges completely welded on or just have a small stitch weld holding them place. All of the trucks I have had had the stitch weld. I ground them out and just tightened the bolts when I re-installed them. If you're just doing minor work without having to repaint grinding would cause a problem.
Are your door hinges completely welded on or just have a small stitch weld holding them place. All of the trucks I have had had the stitch weld. I ground them out and just tightened the bolts when I re-installed them. If you're just doing minor work without having to repaint grinding would cause a problem.
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mine had a small stich weld, but the pins have some play. i tryed to screw out the screw's and some came out . so i drilled off the heads and the doors came off. the part's truck i hope will not be as hard. i tryed a hammer impack and some came out. i am keeping lube spray on part's truck so they might be easier when i get to them.
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
Mine to are stitch welded in. I recently took a set of door off of a 51 and they weren't welded. I used the hammer style impact driver, just make sure you use a #4 phillips bit!
I did have to drill the head off of a couple of the screws.
Bobby
I did have to drill the head off of a couple of the screws.
Bobby
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From: Friendswood, Texas
Originally Posted by bobbytnm
Mine to are stitch welded in. I recently took a set of door off of a 51 and they weren't welded. I used the hammer style impact driver, just make sure you use a #4 phillips bit!
I did have to drill the head off of a couple of the screws.
Bobby
I did have to drill the head off of a couple of the screws.
Bobby
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
I soak with penetrating oil first if they don't want to come out with a good phillips screwdriver I fire up the torch. Nothing like a gas wrench for the stubborn door bolts. I get them cherry red and they turn right out. I tried the hand impact wrench on the stuborn ones and ended up wrecking the ends after getting a couple out and wasting a lot of time. Now I just go after them with the torch, guaranteed to work 99.5% of the time and quick too. I also run a 5/16" fine thread tap through little triangluar piece of 1/4" steel in the door post. I replace with new bolts, I don't like messing with the old ones once they're out, a little grease on the threads of the new bolts don't hurt either. I have torn apart a lot of trucks in the last twenty plus years.