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Gene's40

11-06-2025 @ 7:58 PM

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Mike,
I used my 1400 heat gun applied on the rear portion of the hinge; after red hot I used my center punch and struck from the bottom with a somewhat heavy machinest hammer. Still no luck. I'll try your method of drilling from the top starting with an 1/8 " bit.
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11-06-2025 @ 5:30 AM

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Gene, I have never heard of a hardened hinge pin. I suppose that's possible but probable? Not likely.
Drill from the top - downward. Start by making a punch mark on center. Then, with a good quality center drill, start the "path". Then move incrementally with drill bits. I start with 1/8" diameter and move up sizes by no more than .032" at a time.
I drill just past the center part of the hinge.

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11-05-2025 @ 10:38 PM

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One thing you can try but you have to be very careful while doing it, is to use bee's wax as a penetrant. You have to heat the pin up hot enough to get a bee's wax candle to melt on it and get into the hinge. Too much heat will damage your paint and could start a fire. If done properly this method will work. It may take several heating and liquid bee's wax applications to get the hinge pin to come out.

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11-05-2025 @ 8:09 PM

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Update > I bought Kroil and applied it daily on the door hinge pin. I've tried the C clamp method to force the pin out but it's being stubborn. I am not giving up !

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11-05-2025 @ 8:06 PM

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I bought Kroil oil and used it daily on the hinge. I've tried the C clamp method to no advil. I've tried to drill from the bottom of the hinge but apparently when the car was restored the re-assembly used hardened steel which has made it tough. I am not giving up !

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10-14-2025 @ 4:53 PM

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Thanks Alan

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10-12-2025 @ 7:10 PM

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No.
The door latch is perfectly capable of adequate support, and secondly, opening the door even partially drastically reduces your access for removal., while exposing the door to possible instability.

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10-12-2025 @ 11:41 AM

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I built a wooden piece the holds the lower door lip and the use of my floor jack. Should I open the door half way and then try to remove the pin ?

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10-11-2025 @ 1:52 PM

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Another method to remove the stuck door hinge pin is to use a C-Clamp. This method might damage the paint on the top of the hinge.

Place the C-Clamp so the threaded portion is on the bottom, use a bolt of a size slightly smaller than the O.D. of the pin and a socket wrench slightly larger than the O.D. of the head of the pin.

Place these items as follows:
Socket on top of hinge, top of C-Clamp on top of socket, bolt with threaded portion facing up under the pin and C-Clamp threaded portion under the bolt.

Soak the hinge with the best penetrating oil you can find and let soak for awhile. Tighten the C-Clamp until the hinge pin is pushed up out of the hinge.

This method worked for me when working on a 1940 Ford Tudor.

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10-11-2025 @ 10:07 AM

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