Thread: Hinge pins
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Old 02-06-2020, 11:43 AM   #33
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Default Re: Hinge pins

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Originally Posted by Purdy Swoft View Post
If you don't have to worry about damaging paint , I heat the cowl half of hinge red hot where the pins go through . Heating red hot expands the hinge so that the pins can be more easy to remove . If failed attempts have been made at driving the hinge pin out from the bottom , the pin is probably expanded . This is why I prefer drilling the pin part way out from the top side and driving the remainder of the pin out from the top side .
This method worked on 1 stubborn pin that I could not remove.
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