Repair a Door Hinge on an S10
Replacing the hinges remains a crucial donkeywork that Testament feasible hope for at least two cats to perform, unless you enjoy a workshop with the capability of supporting the door from the ceiling.
Instructions
1. Sincere the door, uplift a floor jack underneath to facilitate it and tie it to a roof truss with a chain.The door hinges on a Chevy S10 Motor lorry are welded into domicile on both the door and the oppose. Most forms of repair on the door hinges Testament crave able facilitate. The one chore you can filled yourself is whether the hinge pins connecting the two parts of Everyone hinge essential replacing.Whether the chain is not credible, retain a moment adult clinch onto the door.
2. Connect a spring compressor part to the hinge spring and benefit it to compress the spring and remove it from the door.
3. Remove the clips on the hinge pins with pliers-there is a clip at Everyone pin's "pointed" deadline, meaning the top of the lower pin and the bottom of the upper pin.
4. Drive each pin out of its hinge with a punch and hammer, striking the pins at their points. Drive the lower hinge pin down and out of its hinge and drive the upper one up and out.
5. Install the replacement pins into the hinges with the punch and hammer, driving the upper pin down into the hinge first and then driving the lower pin up into the hinge.
6. Connect the clips onto the points of the pins with the pliers, using the replacement clips that should come with the pins.
7. Reinstall the hinge spring carefully within the door using the compressor tool.
8. Release the door from the support chain (if equipped) and floor jack and close the door.
