Installing new pin and bushings in door hinge
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Car: 1994 Trans Am
Engine: 5.7L LT1
Transmission: 6-speed
Installing new pin and bushings in door hinge
How do I get the darned door spring out of the way? How have other people on this board handled this task before? I tried but couldn't get it to budge even slightly. Any help appreciated.
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'88 IROC 305 TPI
Gutted airboxes
160 degree T-stat
Advanced base TPS voltage
Relocated IAT sensor
Momo steering wheel
Ram-air setup coming soon
Flowmaster muffler
Taylor SpiroPro wires
Accel cap and rotor
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Transmission: sure does
Those are a big PITA!
I've seen a tool designed for that. The body shop next door has one.
Its just a real skinny spring compressor.
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I've seen a tool designed for that. The body shop next door has one.
Its just a real skinny spring compressor.
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Car: 1994 Trans Am
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Is the spring fastened to the door in any way or just wedged in there? I wouldn't mind doing away with that stupid friggin' thing just so that the door would open and close properly?
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Car: yep
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They are just wedged in there. You can get it out with a pry bar...just look out, they come out in a hurry
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1995 Kawi ZX6R
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My friend and I had to replace the top hinge in my car, and the pin & bushings in the lower hinge, we ended up using a pair of duckbilled vise-grips that we ground one side down just thin enough to fit in between the spring as wide as we could to clamp down and take it out, it still needed some help with a screwdriver though, but didn't have near as much spring while it was clamped in the vise grips. Maybe that'll give you an idea, take care now.
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