Ken , I replaced mine but I had to remove one with an endmill. It was
rusted solid . they can only be driven out in one direction . one end
of the pin has A spline on it to keep it from turning. when I replaced
mine I over bored the ends of the solid hinge and put in oilite
bushings,and made my own pin took A few nites after work .not worth it
but I'm cheap sometimes .being A machinist helped doing the work
Dick Lee
77 Spit
Mich.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken C <sdspitfire@worldnet.att.net>
To: Spit Elist <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 2:34 PM
Subject: Fw: driver side door sag
>
>
>
> While I agree with Jeff regarding hinge replacement rather than pin
> replacement, has anyone replaced a hinge pin ? I tried and just
couldn't
> budge the existing pin. Soaked it in WD40 overnight, beat on that
bad boy
> big time, no success. Do I just need the proper tool ? (a bigger
hammer !)
>
> Ken C
> '72 Spit
>
> > >
> > > Try swapping the lower hinge with the upper hinge. I was told
this trik
> > by
> > > another lister. The theory is that most of the stress is place
on the
> > upper
> > > hinge and your hinge pin probably needs replacement. It would
probably
> be
> > > easier and less hassle to just replace the hinge altogether,
though.
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Jeff in San Diego
> >
> >
>
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