Lower door hinge pin repair
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Car: 87 IROC Z28
Engine: Custom Forged 355
Transmission: 700R4
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ok, this is a pain in the *** to tell you first off...
there is three bolts up top on teh top hings you need to remove, there is also 3 bolts on the botom, you may not need to remove them...youll know when you get there.
First, the top has to come off, because its pressed in and welded on the door and the body, no way around it...
bottom, you need a spring compressor for teh little spring, and you need to break off the locking tab on the needle itself so you can slide it out, after you unbolt the top, break the locking tab, and hammer the pin out, you should be able so slide the door away from the car far enough to change the bushings where the pin goes, these wear out, thats why your doors sag...
use a jack and a couple friends to hold the door and help you out, change the bushings and pull the door back up to the car, line it up and slide the pin in where it goes, might take some pursuasion since the bushings are new, make sure there is a new locking tab on it and that it goes all the way down, bolt up the top and alogn it up with the car again so the door sits nice and closes easy...
its a mayor pain in the ***, you may have to unbolt the fender in the back to get the top bolts in and tighten them, i hate doing this, i just did this to a 91 rs in my shop like 2 weeks ago, pain int eh ***, so you may want to take it to a shop and have it done, anywhere from 50 bucks to 100, no biggie....
Alex
there is three bolts up top on teh top hings you need to remove, there is also 3 bolts on the botom, you may not need to remove them...youll know when you get there.
First, the top has to come off, because its pressed in and welded on the door and the body, no way around it...
bottom, you need a spring compressor for teh little spring, and you need to break off the locking tab on the needle itself so you can slide it out, after you unbolt the top, break the locking tab, and hammer the pin out, you should be able so slide the door away from the car far enough to change the bushings where the pin goes, these wear out, thats why your doors sag...
use a jack and a couple friends to hold the door and help you out, change the bushings and pull the door back up to the car, line it up and slide the pin in where it goes, might take some pursuasion since the bushings are new, make sure there is a new locking tab on it and that it goes all the way down, bolt up the top and alogn it up with the car again so the door sits nice and closes easy...
its a mayor pain in the ***, you may have to unbolt the fender in the back to get the top bolts in and tighten them, i hate doing this, i just did this to a 91 rs in my shop like 2 weeks ago, pain int eh ***, so you may want to take it to a shop and have it done, anywhere from 50 bucks to 100, no biggie....
Alex
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Car: 85z28,
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700r4
I would just take the hole door off and fix it on a beanch.Them doors are heavy to be trying to hold it...But man do they suck to change.And hope that its just the bushing and not the hinge it self.
Lower hinge only?.
Support the door with a jack or engine hoist & strap. Remove the side kick panel (driver or pass depending on which door you are doing) Drive the pin out after removing the locking spring clip near the top of the pin. Remove the bolts to the vehicle side of the hinge (2 from inside the kick panel area and one from outside). Lift the door until you can get the car side of the hinge out. Clean it and replace bushings and reassemble in the reverse order.
Support the door with a jack or engine hoist & strap. Remove the side kick panel (driver or pass depending on which door you are doing) Drive the pin out after removing the locking spring clip near the top of the pin. Remove the bolts to the vehicle side of the hinge (2 from inside the kick panel area and one from outside). Lift the door until you can get the car side of the hinge out. Clean it and replace bushings and reassemble in the reverse order.
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