doors are leaning

worldsmysterie · Post by **worldsmysterie** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:29 pm

When I open my door they kind of fall alittle and it rubs in one place to. How can I fix this?

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:37 pm

the hinge pins are worn out. i dont know if you can replace just the pins. but uesd hinges on ebay are usually the way everyone goes.

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:33 pm

first try taking the door panel off, and adjusting those hinge-to-door bolts

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:02 pm

ryan that would work if they were just out of adjustment but his drop when he opens the dorr. that means the pins or pin holes are worn. chevy has this problem alot. they make door pin kits for the chevys . you have to actually drill out the hinge holes and put in some brass bushings and new pins to go with it. fords dont have a kit like that because there hinges last way longer than the other guys. FORD TOUGH.

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:04 pm

oh ok.
thanks for the info.

my boss's bump does the same thing. i was just going to adjust the bolts.

ill look into pins

lightning_msd · Post by **lightning_msd** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:06 pm

in the new classic truck mag he does the door hinges, ill check out the story again but im pretty sure he got a set of pins somewhere.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:09 pm

cool let us know where he got them.

Post by **FORDification** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:03 pm

It's the April 2008 issue of Classic Trucks where Grant did a good tutorial on rebuilding bumpside door hinges. He got the hinge rebuild pieces from Dennis Carpenter, including the pins, bushings and springs. Here's the DC catalog:

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:28 pm

looks like you have to drill the hinges for those to be replaced also. if it has worn into the hinge. if not you could get by with replacing just the pins if the hinge isnt worn out too.

l1k2gadd · Post by **l1k2gadd** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:41 pm

Hinge pin and bushing kits are available for Fox Body Mustangs ('87-'93) from Napa and were fairly easy to replace on the driver's door of the 1989 GT Convertible I gave to my daughter. It was nice to have the door close the way it is supposed to when I got done with it. The Explorers from '91 to '94 also had hinge pin problems and Napa also sells hinge replacement pin kits for these but I haven't replaced one of these yet. The only thing I didn't like about the Mustang's lower replacement hinge pin is it rides up over time and needs to be tapped back down. There was no place to install a clip or a cotter pin to keep this from happening so when I am able to I will have to take a small drill bit and drill through the pin so I can put a clip through the pin to stop the upward traveling of the pin over time.

worldsmysterie · Post by **worldsmysterie** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:39 pm

Ok I will check all that out tomorrow. thanks

foghorn · Post by **foghorn** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:50 am

l1k2gadd wrote:Hinge pin and bushing kits are available for Fox Body Mustangs ('87-'93) from Napa and were fairly easy to replace on the driver's door of the 1989 GT Convertible I gave to my daughter. It was nice to have the door close the way it is supposed to when I got done with it. The Explorers from '91 to '94 also had hinge pin problems and Napa also sells hinge replacement pin kits for these but I haven't replaced one of these yet. The only thing I didn't like about the Mustang's lower replacement hinge pin is it rides up over time and needs to be tapped back down. There was no place to install a clip or a cotter pin to keep this from happening so when I am able to I will have to take a small drill bit and drill through the pin so I can put a clip through the pin to stop the upward traveling of the pin over time.

Just take the ol mig and hit the bottom of the pin with a very small tack on the pin only. This just puts a small berry to keep it from comming back up. The factory has a machine that kinda crimps them on the sides of the pins.

Foggy

convincor · Post by **convincor** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:15 am

Have you determined that the pin are actually worn.
Open the door up just a couple inches and lift it. See what you have for movement up & down. If none, just re-adjust the hinges.

l1k2gadd · Post by **l1k2gadd** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:38 pm

foghorn, thanks for the idea about the mig.

worldsmysterie, you can also take the approach that you will want to replace the hinges with good used ones too and not worry about rebuilding your bad ones. After you determine that your hinges are indeed worn you can try to check out a few Bumps in the wrecking yards and pull some good hinges and swap them out. I grabbed some (all 4) off of a '70 a while back to have as spares, then I got the '68 Donor and then the '69 Ranger Donor trucks. Now the '72 is in the wrecking yard and it too might have good hinges in it.

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