How To Change A Door Hinge Pin

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How to change a door hinge pin.

Advance auto parts has 7 different door hinge pin kit for your vehicle ready for shipping or in store pick up. Knock the pin back into the hole using a solid base to rest on if the pin is slightly longer allow for the difference to let the bolt seat fully home. Insert the new brass cups into the hinge and then apply plenty of grease inside. If the pin moves inside the bushing or you can see that it s cracked broken the bushings need to be replaced.

Force the pin up from the door hinge. How to replace the door hinge pins on a 1999 chevrolet silverado z71 gmc sierra and the benefits of doing so. If this video seems like a disjointed mess that s because it is. Install the new hinge.

The pins have a serration under the head and this holds the pin tightly in the hinge. Secure the hinge pin in place with a few firm taps from the hammer. To seat the serration into the hinge just get out your socket again and place it over the point of the pin. Insert the car door hinge pin into position just as the old hinge pin was prior to removal.

You can get a hinge pin and bushing kit here. Your gmc yukon will be happy to know that the search for the right door hinge pin kit products you ve been looking for is over. Place the hinge pin in the hinge to secure the new hinge. This will allow you to press the pin in that last little bit getting it seated fully into the hinge.

Here are some pictures of the right hand side with the door and fender off before the hinges were removed. Put the flat end of the nail against the pin and tap it up with the hammer. Taking a hammer and your nail punch gently ram the pin upwards. Open the door and wiggle it up and down while closely observing the hinges and pins.

Continue to tap it up gradually increasing the force until the pin is finally lodged upwards. I have other repair videos for this truck an. We normally replace the pin and the bushings at the same time to ensure proper fit. Lastly reinstall the hinge spring.

Again use just enough force to set the pin but not enough to damage the hinge. Secure the hinge pin with the retaining clip hammering it into place.