I agree. Think you are going to have pull the doors. As for the springs, once they are off the door you can compress them with a bench vice. I compressed them, removed the stop and then slowly released them. Worked great.
Godspeed, Dan Solomon It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry. http://www.freewebs.com/chevelles1970/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:49:10 To:[email protected] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Door Hinges i am pretty sure you have to take the doors off, there is a bushing that goes in the hinge and i think removing that bushing would be a huge pain with the door on, then you can inspect the hinge to see if it needs a oversize bushing- or the standard-- i am not sure if the bushing is on the door or the pillar side, but think it gets trapped between. replacing just the pin will not do much good. and that spring is pretty stiff, i have a spring compressor for this- i think its made by Streck Company, it was not that expensive and worth not launching that spring across the room Harlan In a message dated 12/31/2007 1:17:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am finally getting around to working on my door hinges. I showed the list a picture of the door/fender gap on my elky and decided that the first thing to do was rebuild the hinge & get rid of the loosness. Any hints or tips for doing this without removing the door? I thought that I could do one hinge at a time, but am already looking at issues. The upper hinge pin goes in from the top. If I try to back it up, it'll hit the door skin. I could cut it off, but then I'd still have the same interference trying to reassemble. I could either put the pin back in from the bottom or loosen the 3 door side bolts & swing the hinge back to work on. And with the bottom hinge any hints on removing the spring while the door is installed??? Thanks ---------------- See AOL's top rated recipes <http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004> and easy ways to stay in shape <http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aoltop00030000000003> for winter.
