Where to get door hinge pin bushings?

[Niki]

I have a truck that has some worn out door hinges. Are there bushings in the hinges that are replaceable? I'd like to get a set of mysteryman's door hinges, but that's probably not an option now.

 

[pepecat]

what about terry's super hinges?

 

[Rattler]

Try your local auto parts. The Help section will have pins and bushing sets pretty cheap. Randy

 

[blacksheepdiesel]

NAPA



Godspeed,

Trent

 

[Makaio]

Niki,



NAPA has the rebuild kits which include 2 pins and 4 bushings for around $9. For the life of me, I couldn't get the pin to come out. I tried a hammer and punch and then a pneumatic hammer with a blunt tip and only ended up damaging the pin and part of the hinge. I returned the kit to NAPA for a refund. Gave in and went to the dealer and $71 later changed the whole assembly. Only the lower hinge and the bottom portion bushing on the pin was bad on mine causing the door to sag. Took less than 10 minutes to R&R the lower hinge assembly. I'm only sharing my experience as your's may or may not readily come apart and may just be easier to change the whole hinge.



Aloha,

Matt

 

[KOG]

There's one problem with the bushing kits. The holes in your hinges will be worn off center (oval) and when you drill them oversize for bushings the bushings will be off center also. If you have a mill you can center the larger holes, otherwise you may have to elongate the hinge mounting holes to get ehough adjustment to hang the door correctly after installing bushings.



Original pins can be removed by cutting them and using a punch to drive out the pieces.

 

[RWWinslow]

Part # for the hingers from the dealer?



thanks

 

[dpuckett]

I did the hinge pins in my 92 driver's door, and everything popped right out with a punch and hammer. The holes WONT have to be drilled to take the new bushings- there are nylon bushings in there already (or there WERE). the brass bushings are a direct fit. I will agree with the possibility of the holes being elingated if they went too long. Then it may be wiser to buy a new hinge or a good used one.



Daniel

 

[KOG]

Hmm. I've seen hinges without bushings on older MOPAR stuff. Didn't know they had nylon bushings and don't know when that might have started.

 

[blacksheepdiesel]

Ditto what Daniel said, just did my '89's driver door last month. It had been bad for a looonnngggg time but the new bushing and pin fixed it right up.



Godspeed,

Trent

 

[DSteimle]

here's the straight stuff from mopar.



upper:

lh mopar part #55074605 list $37. 50 stock available.

rh same part # for hinge plus use pin #6500976 list $11. 20



lower:

lh mopar part#4796259 list $75. 10 stock available

rh same part # for hinge plus use pin #6503925 list $10. 50



mopar tells you to grind the pin, drive it out, reindex the hinge (basically flip one half of it), and drive the new pin in. ya gotta love mopar .



if your hinge isn't elongated in the pin holes, you could just drive out the old pins and install new ones. if the hinge holes are stretched, you at least will need bushings. for what its worth, i've used the aftermarket pins and bushings and they work fine.

 

[bgilbert]

I use a bench vice to press out the old pin and to install the new pin and bushings.