I hammer on my '66 for an hour or so every time I'm in the garage where I have it parked. I keep it soaked in PB!Blaster. I've not been ballsy enough to burn the paint with heat while the hinge is still screwed to the car.
I've been working at it for a *YEAR* now and see no movement --- and no damage from the punch I use while hammering or the flat-round air-hammer punch attachment. That's one HARD piece of metal. Eventually I'll remove the door so I can lay it down and use a torch and upside-down can of spray air to try to get it out (heat the assembly with the torch then spray the end of the hinge pin with the spray-air to cool it down while leaving the hinge housing hot and expanded). Gerald On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:04:27 -0400 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I've got a '65 Convertible that I'd like to install a passenger sideview > mirror > on. I've purchased the mirror and a new > door hinge pin to support the mirror. My question is How > do I remove the old upper hinge pin? One of the manuals > shows using a VW tool (press of some sort) and says not > to hammer the pin out. > > Any help would be appreciated. _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
