Door hinge pins

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Any tricks to removing the lower hinge pins? Would like to rebush the door hinges to align the fenders / frame.....

[Schonyenko2]

They make a tool for that.

[BlueSS454]

Here is a post I wrote on Team Chevelle when I rebuilt the door hinges for my convertible. I hope they are helpful.

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/show...;postcount=172

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/show...;postcount=173

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Schonyenko2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They make a tool for that. </div></div>

I have the hinge pin removal tool, but the lower pins just won't budge - it's at the point where I'm concerned what I'm mushrooming them because of all of the hammering! Wrong tool?

http://www.eastwood.com/media/catalog/pr...27b0/p23671.jpg

I liked the post &amp; pics of the Chevelle pin removal, but the Nova hinges aren't quite the same.

[Schonyenko2]

Did you soak it good with penetrating oil? Is the top one still in enough so that you're not getting a bind? Have you moved it at all?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Did not spray it all. Top one is still in, so no bind. It has not moved at all, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] I'm thinking of unbolting the hinges from the body and finding a way to grind the top off the pin, (?).

[jasonL78]

Marlin I have found it is just easier to remove the hinge from the car and then the door. But before you remove the hinges drill a 1/8 hole in each hinge top and bottom so you can relocate them with a dowl pin. Or you can scribe a line around the outside of the hinges to relocate them. I have that door pin removel tool kit and it is useless on Novas. You just can't get the right angle to give to tool a good hit with a hammer. Good luck...