Hood Hinges
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Hood Hinges
I am not sure if this will help you or not, but I have an uncle that is working on a 66 mustang, so what follows only applies if old truck hinges
were the same design as mustang hinges.
From what I understand, the hinge pins were basically a big rivet, so one side has a flat head and the other (back) side has an X shape pressed into it. What that was was a special tool used to spread the back side of the rivet and the result is the x that you see. Some shops have that tool and from what I understand if you have a sloppy hinge, just press the rivet again
with this tool and it will tighten the pin down more, with the result being to tighten up the hinge
were the same design as mustang hinges.
From what I understand, the hinge pins were basically a big rivet, so one side has a flat head and the other (back) side has an X shape pressed into it. What that was was a special tool used to spread the back side of the rivet and the result is the x that you see. Some shops have that tool and from what I understand if you have a sloppy hinge, just press the rivet again
with this tool and it will tighten the pin down more, with the result being to tighten up the hinge
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