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kwisor · 10-21-2013, 07:57 AM

hello
i ordered a hinge pin removel tool from bert's do these work well i want to remone the doors on my tudor to pant the body
kevin
1930 model a tudor
1923 model t roadter p/u

Mitch//pa · 10-21-2013, 08:15 AM

sometimes it works but most of the time i have to drill them out. what i do is knock the head off then drill down 3/4 of the way in the center. then a small punch usually knocks them out the rest of the way. the pin is soft metal and easy to drill out
a 15/64 is the standard pin size

maybe berts has a better tool than most of the suppliers

glenn in camino · 10-21-2013, 09:21 AM

the tool I bought didn't work but I was able to unscrew the hinges from the body to remove the doors.

5window · 10-21-2013, 01:36 PM

The problem is that yo have to move metal to metal settings that have been happily married for many years. The moving the door around area comes form the experience that sometimes the hinge halves wear themselves into a kind of shel for part of their travel. You need top find the part of the cirlce where the hinge doesn't hit the shelf to get it to move. Patience, lots of penetrating oil, sometimes a drift punch, sometimes a cutting torch, sometime a drill. Also keep in mind that there is a knurled area right under the pin top you'll have to deal with as well. They were made to go in, coming out-not so much.

CarlG · 10-21-2013, 02:09 PM

I used this tool to remove the pins on 2 of my hinges (to install hinge mirrors) and my friend used it on his '50 F1. You do have to fiddle with it due to the wear on the hinge & pins, but it did work very successfully.

Tom Wesenberg · 10-21-2013, 03:48 PM

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Exactly what Mitch said! When you drill 3/4ths of the way down then tap with a punch you won't be pushing from the end, which swells the metal to make it even tighter.

The tool Carl shows looks much better than the hinge tool I used.

Mitch//pa · 10-21-2013, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Exactly what Mitch said! When you drill 3/4ths of the way down then tap with a punch you won't be pushing from the end, which swells the metal to make it even tighter.

The tool Carl shows looks much better than the hinge tool I used.

yes tom the swelling makes it nearly impossible. i should also add that usually you dont have to drill as large as 15/64 smaller 3/4 down and then punch it out

10-21-2013, 07:57 AM	#1
kwisor Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: lexington sc Posts: 456	hinge pin tool hello i ordered a hinge pin removel tool from bert's do these work well i want to remone the doors on my tudor to pant the body kevin 1930 model a tudor 1923 model t roadter p/u

10-21-2013, 08:15 AM	#2
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: hinge pin tool sometimes it works but most of the time i have to drill them out. what i do is knock the head off then drill down 3/4 of the way in the center. then a small punch usually knocks them out the rest of the way. the pin is soft metal and easy to drill out a 15/64 is the standard pin size maybe berts has a better tool than most of the suppliers Last edited by Mitch//pa; 10-21-2013 at 08:23 AM.

10-21-2013, 09:21 AM	#3
glenn in camino Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Camino, CA. Posts: 3,086	Re: hinge pin tool the tool I bought didn't work but I was able to unscrew the hinges from the body to remove the doors.

10-21-2013, 01:36 PM	#4
5window Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lewisburg,PA Posts: 938	Re: hinge pin tool The problem is that yo have to move metal to metal settings that have been happily married for many years. The moving the door around area comes form the experience that sometimes the hinge halves wear themselves into a kind of shel for part of their travel. You need top find the part of the cirlce where the hinge doesn't hit the shelf to get it to move. Patience, lots of penetrating oil, sometimes a drift punch, sometimes a cutting torch, sometime a drill. Also keep in mind that there is a knurled area right under the pin top you'll have to deal with as well. They were made to go in, coming out-not so much.

10-21-2013, 03:48 PM	#6
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: hinge pin tool Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Exactly what Mitch said! When you drill 3/4ths of the way down then tap with a punch you won't be pushing from the end, which swells the metal to make it even tighter. The tool Carl shows looks much better than the hinge tool I used.