JJC Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Has anyone refurbished the door hinges using new pins? Does it work or does the hinge itself wear as well as the pin? JJC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRseks Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) I replaced the top hinge on each door, I was hoping to just replace the pin but not possible in my case. When I looked at the hinges both the bottom ones was ok with no play or other issues. On both top hinges the pin was actually broken inside and parts of the pin "welded" to the middle part of the hinge and totally impossible to get out, believe me I hit it with the biggest hammer and tried to press out using a big vice. As drilling was not an option I bought two new hinges. I think the cost was around £23 each. Edited December 5, 2013 by TRseks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlanT Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 I rebuilt 4A hinges. There was a lot of lathe work and silver soldering involved. However the end result was stainless steel pins in Immadium-bronze sleeves. Not a practical proposition for most people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JJC Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 What I'm wondering is whether both the pin and the hinge wear. If they do I have to sleeve the hinge or buy new (or just put up with the worn hinge). If not I could just replace the pin. JJC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 If you can get the pins out then fine but if you end up replacing then try and get the Bastuck ones, there is some rubbish ones around that probably have more play in them than the ones you have now. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRseks Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) Maybe you should try to get the pins out first, then you can measure and see what you got. I have a feeling the pins will be hard to push out though... Not the best design for repair these, I had an Alfa Romeo which was much better designed hinges with bronze sleeves, easy to repair. Edited December 5, 2013 by TRseks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John390 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I drilled out both parts of the hinge and fitted a larger size pin out of silver steel. It worked great for me. Cheers John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JJC Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 The pin came out with a drift. You have to do it in the right direction, one end is milled. Plan is to try one new pin and see if it takes out the movement. JJC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JJC Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 And so after the Christmas celebrations I obtained one pin and tried it. Despite being more crudely manufactured than OE it went in fine. Can't try it on the door, car in pieces so bolted a 20 inch long bar to it and measured how far I could move it vertically. 2mm. One of the original hinges same test shows 20mm deflection. Plan to buy three more pins. JJC PS apologies for the mixed units. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John L Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Who supplies the best hinges? The bottom one on mine has the most amount of wear, and don't believe its in the pin only. Just ordered one from Rimmers and its about 5mm different in height to the existing, and I don't believe there is enough room in the door or the A post to accommodate this. They don't have any more stock for a couple of weeks. Will the Moss ones likely be from the same supplier, but they have stock? John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JJC Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Gosh, that was a long time ago. When I put the doors back on to do the body repairs they were just fine with new pins only. The car has done 100000 miles. Can't say what it's finally like because the body then came off to repair the chassis and I'm just about to reunite them. But I'm confident just replacing the pins has done the trick. JJC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Bastuck ones are good, you could try TR Shop as they stock those sometimes. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnC Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 FWIW I refurbished a couple using roll pins after drilling out the hinges to suit. Drilled the centre very slightly larger than the outers. Easy, quick and cheap. Only issue was that a couple of hinges I tried to fix refused to cooperate - I couldn't get the pins out. Both the pins and hinges were worn btw. Thanks to Richard Crawley for the idea. I think I have a note somewhere of all the relevant drill & roll pin sizes that I used if you need more info. Cheers, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John L Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 The bottom hinge was the problem one, pin was broken, managed to get it out and a new pin fitted. Problem now is how to adjust the door, as both sides of the hinge are adjustable, do you use the A post adjustment for the front and back adjustment of the door, and use the door slots to align with the front wing? Any help here would be much appreciated. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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