Replacing door pins on a Chevy Silverado is not a besides challenging case, although the door is especial massive and awkward. One workman can close it, nevertheless a helper to collaboration in supporting the door makes the calling still easier. When the door pins wear gone, the door Testament not edge up with the door striker properly. The actual pin isn't the disagreement as still as the brass bushings in the hinge.
Instructions
1. Ajar the door all the means, and assign the window down. Community the jack under the door and centre it so the door Testament be balanced quite chipper when removed. It is a favorable clue to settle a towel or something congruent on the foot of the jack so it does not damage the emulsion on the backside of the door.
2. Uplift the jack to touch the backside of the door, then direct lifting until the door is equivalent. That is normally approximately an inch or two. Knock the pins upward and elsewhere of the hinge using the hammer and drift. Applicability a helper to cornerstone the door at this mark so it does not fall off the jack when pulled back.
3. Pull the jack knob, and bring the door away even-handed Sufficiently to seperate the door hinge from the frame hinge. At this objective, the door's front contour Testament skinny against the front fender whether there is no helper. Provided you are careful and annex the jack centred, the door should stand up on its own. Do the same with the top hinge.
Tap them from the bottom upward, using the drift. If they fail to come out, use the chisel to tap the head of the bushings until they break, at which point they will come out. They have splines that hold them in the hinge.
5. Install the new bushings. These bushings are not strong, so tap them in gently. Center the drift so the edges do not break. One bushing goes in the top of the hinge on the door facing down. The second bushing is a little trickier. It must go on the bottom of the door hinge facing up. If it goes in tight, that's good; however, this bushing may not stay in. In this situation, hold the bushing with a finger until it is between the section of frame hinge where it will not fall out or you can glue it.
6. Move the door in, insert the door hinge in the frame hinge and line up the holes. Insert the bottom pin first, and try to line up the splines under the head of the pin with the splines cut by the last set of pins. Use the drift to hammer them in with just enough force to drive them down. Do not go crazy with the hammer. You do not want to bend the hinge; just use small taps until the pin is seated to the head. Be careful not to scratch the whitewash on the fender.4. Remove the brass bushings from the door hinge. Sometimes they Testament come out with little effort and other times they seem to be welded in.
