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Jerry Matthews (aka Willys33) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] Alamogordo, New Mexico  Get off the trailer and drive

Got a new project and it seems to have a mind of it's own. I got 8 hinge pins and only able to get two out. Put them thru heat cycles, lots of penitrating oil, soak, more heat, etc. Then I turned my attention to the screws that hold the hinges in. Same thing! Using a hand impact tool and still nothing moves. Only two options left is to 1. give a 3 year old a popsicle stick and tell them not to touch the hinges or 2. Find an eye of a gnewt on the next full moon... Any ideas?

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Posted by Starfire  -  02/27/2008 08:58 PM This car been sitting in the elements for a long, long time? If you have to save the hinges for one reason or another the watchword is "Patience." Two or three of days of PB Blaster being applied along with a few gentle raps of a ball-peen hammer along the hinge every now and then may cause the pins to finally get enough lubrication you can drive them out. Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by harpo1313  -  02/27/2008 09:13 PM try freezing them with that canned stuff from radio shack after a couple days of p b blaster, one good wack with the ballpeen,heat will expand the metal unless you can heat the pin without gettin the hinge hot, or you can grind the top off wedge a 2x4 under the hinge and poke it down from the top,good luck harpo1313 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] wareham, Massachusetts   Posted by robymarks  -  02/27/2008 09:40 PM Do you have a pin extraction tool. Could be a big help robymarks [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Houston, Texas Charter Member since October 2005   Posted by whipsold39  -  02/27/2008 11:48 PM I would try using a punch in a air chisel. Air chisels are cheap and they come with a set of chisel and punches. whipsold39 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] 400 9th ave silvis 61282, Illinois Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by artie  -  02/28/2008 08:44 AM they have a new(at least to me) penetrant out that freezes the part and breaks the rust then the penetrant flows in. artie [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] ozark, Missouri   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  02/28/2008 11:05 AM jerry, if you try to beat them out they will swell . get a press out tool and apply pressure while heating then give them a tap. i've had to get them cherry red before. good luck. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by 35window  -  02/28/2008 11:39 AM Everyone has given great advise here, but on my Car I was only able to get one out. I purchased one fo those Bob Drake Hinge Pin removal Tools and promptly broke it. I then had a Machine Shop make a few more of the pins for the Tool, and broke those as well, all while using either Heat, Pentrating Oil and anything else I could think of. I ended up drilling them out, and then I could use a Punch and still could not get one out-I replaced the Hinge. Mine were broken in the Hinge side of the Car, and the top and bottoms were broken in the Hinge part of the Door-I didn't recognize that for a while, so if your Door opens you might check and see if your Pins are in three pieces- 35window [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] springville, Utah   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  02/28/2008 11:50 AM the press out tool will not break them loose. it only holds pressure on the pin while you tap it. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by 35window  -  02/28/2008 11:54 AM Thanks-now you tell me! 35window [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] springville, Utah   Posted by jimmothershead  -  02/28/2008 12:43 PM Air chisel with 1/8" point. Done a many GM/Ford/Mopar. No problems, no fun with rods. Jim Jim [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Huntingtown, Maryland

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