hinge pin/hinge repair and adjustment

[Mike Wilson]

Excellent info. Thanks, Trevor.

Mike

[Brad Ripley]

Use Trevor's link to the previous discussion -- there's more to it than just oversized pins. For dimensions, check chassis drawing pages in the Workshop Manual, section C and C-C.

[Craig Colaluca]

Hello all
Resurrecting an old thread because I have a drivers door that drops just a bit. Everything is of course painted already so there’s not a lot of reworking that I can do.
Have there been any new developments in replacement hinge pins?

[Rafael Quepons]

Nice work Trevor !
I’m currently building a set of GT aluminum doors and transferring hinges over. Do you have a cad drawing of your upper drill fixture you wouldn’t mind sharing? Looks like it does the trick.

[Jim Liberty]

Any good machine shop can make a pin to any spec. you supply. ..................Jim.

[Don Gale]

Reasonably priced 8.1 mm oversize hinge pins are available from a German vendor:

https://en.hoffmann-speedster.com/speci ... .-oversize

Standard size available from Sierra Madre, etc.

Registry Magazine archive hinge pin repair articles: Vol. 22 No. 1 pg. 26 and Vol. 14 No. 5 pg. 33

[John Brooks]

Maryland metric has the pins, standard and oversized. They also sell the reamer to clear out the hinge,
also get some flush grease fitting nipples and lube them like the maintenance schedule calls for.
pin removal tool P290 https://www.tillmantools.com/baum-tools ... mtp290.htm

[Rafael Quepons]

The pins are the easy part

[Trevor Gates]

Hello all
Resurrecting an old thread because I have a drivers door that drops just a bit. Everything is of course painted already so there’s not a lot of reworking that I can do.
Have there been any new developments in replacement hinge pins?

The oversized pins sound promising (no need for bushings); however the critical part is getting the bores parallel.

Nice work Trevor !
I’m currently building a set of GT aluminum doors and transferring hinges over. Do you have a cad drawing of your upper drill fixture you wouldn’t mind sharing? Looks like it does the trick.

Hey Rafael!

I don’t have a CAD drawing, sorry. If you want to cover the shipping costs to and from, I’ll loan you my tool for free (you’re welcome to copy it once you have it) but... you have to promise to ship it back to me. How can I say no to you, you’re on the home team!

Trev

[Rafael Quepons]

I’ll be happy to supply shipping back and forth and I’ll even throw some goodies. You’re work is awesome Trevor!