Door pin and bushing repair

[badmopar67]

Was at the junkyard snooping around on I notice that the 80's dodge vans had the same door hinges that my 67 has mine were shot and the little wheels were wore smooth. The van door hinges weren't worn since the doors aren't that long bought both side bottoms for $10.00 they were in like new condition. I think the top hinges were close to being the same to not sure just in case you might what to go that route.

 

[Durandal25]

Was at the junkyard snooping around on I notice that the 80's dodge vans had the same door hinges that my 67 has mine were shot and the little wheels were wore smooth. The van door hinges weren't worn since the doors aren't that long bought both side bottoms for $10.00 they were in like new condition. I think the top hinges were close to being the same to not sure just in case you might what to go that route.

One has to love the fact that a hinge can be in play for like 20 years. I think I just might.

 

[badmopar67]

glad to help. let us know how you make out.

 

[bandit]

I may be speaking out of turn here never having replaced the hinge pin on a Chrysler product but I've done several Ford and GM cars. I just cut the old hinge pin with a angle die grinder and cut-off wheel. Then the pin will push right out with the fender and doors on.

It will work doing it that way. Only thing to mention is that the top hinge pin goes in from the top down and you cannot put it back in that way with the door on(you can't take it out either because the pin hits the top door lip and will not clear the pin hole) so the new pin will have to go in from the bottom up if you cut it and do not remove the door. I don't think a big deal but worth mentioning. That is how it is on my Charger.

 

[kb67mopar]

I had to drill the hole out oversize, for both the bushing (bushings are incorrect anyway, matters to me at least) and for the OS pin. Which bushing kit did you use that you were able to just press the bushing into the stock sized hole?

BTW- the reamer doesn't remove much metal and most of the time, the original holes are wallowed out anyway...

I didn't say it kept the stock sized hole. The outer hinge bracket does not get drilled out just the inner. So its just the standard Dorman kit. The reamer may not remove much but still removes some. Personally I prefer the bushings since a properly designed hinge would have bushings. They just got lazy. Bushings prevent future wear from ruining the hinge since you can just replace the bushings.

 

[toolmanmike]

Was at the junkyard snooping around on I notice that the 80's dodge vans had the same door hinges that my 67 has mine were shot and the little wheels were wore smooth. The van door hinges weren't worn since the doors aren't that long bought both side bottoms for $10.00 they were in like new condition. I think the top hinges were close to being the same to not sure just in case you might what to go that route.

I believe those hinges are still available through Mopar Parts. Mega Parts and Stephens Performance also have repop's if you want new ones.

 

[cr8crshr]

I have both...a complete NOS set of hinges and the pin replacement kits for my 66 Sat project. All four need either fixing or replacing so I have decided to replace them with the NOS pieces and then experiment with the old ones and see if I can re-condition them myself. Sounds like I can without too much trouble. But for simplicity sake it makes better sense to me to just replace the whole hinge setup one at a time or if necessary, have my body shop do it and re-hang the doors and get them plumbed properly. Just my 2 cents mind you....

 

[747mopar]

I reconditioned my own, pretty easy and cheap. The driver side was bad so I welded the holes shut, went to the local parts store and found a set of pins the same size as the originals and drilled them to fit. The passenger side was just slightly sloppy so I just bought a slightly larger pin, reamed it and installed it. The only real thing to be careful of is keeping the holes in the right location, since the weight only eggs it one way the other side of the hole is usually still correct. Sorry, I just couldn't justify paying for new or re-mans ones when it's such a simple and cheap fix.