door hing pins and bushings

[mjramacher]

any body put in pins and bushing in there door hinges if so was it a good fix or should I go after new hinges. mine are wore out ?:?

 

[bigcountry]

I put some in a couple years ago.

I followed the instructions with the kit on the first hinge and it was nearly as sloppy as the worn out hinge.

The next three is used a smaller bit than recommended and sort of hones it out from there to get a tight fit. After that, they were like new.

good luck.

 

[zimm]

I did mine the other day, had a similar experience as previous post. First one was a bit loose. I was was more careful in my drilling on the next hinge and that one came out great. My advice is have a good vise and drill press and make sure your centered when drilling out the old pins/ bushings. I wound up drilling out the old pins bc I could not get them to budge using a sledge and drift. In the end the door closes perfect, even with the slightly loose one I did.

 

[mjramacher]

thanks for the input fellas

 

[Rustytruck]

Make sure you mark the hinges top bottom right and left and put them back in the place where they were taken out of. In bad alignment cases Ford use to tweek the hinges to help align the doors. Put a bottom hinge in the top location and you may open up a can of worms. When drilling the hinges after you get the pins out put the drill bit that fits best in the hinge now and put that in your drill press. Slide that into the hinge pin holes to align the hole to the bit and then clamp down on the hinge. Now change the drill bit to the new size that way you follow the hole that was drilled by the factory.

 

[Desert Dweller]

I do them all the time-- I don't use the kit...--- I just use a jig I have to keep them square to the drill press and drill them out to 5/16". I then install SS pins. (cut down 5/16" SS bolts so that no thread is inside the hinge. I have 2 styles of pins I use, one cut flush to the bottom of the hinge and one threaded to just hold a lock nut. Those can be installed upside down so they can be pulled and remove the doors w/o screwing up the door alignment. (body line will not let the upper pin be pulled from the top) And of course coat the pins with antiseize.

 

[Teal68]

Where are you finding these hinge pin/bushing kits?

 

[yfz450sew]

Wild horses sells them as a kit.

 

[mjramacher]

thanks for the info I did not mark my door hinges when I tore the thing down they went into a plastic tub hope that this does not create to much hassle. I kept them all separate and the pins came out real easy almost like there were to wore out the inside of the hinges looks a bit oval on two of them.