When your van's door starts to sag on its hinges and becomes burdensome to shut properly, you may entail to outright a hinge repair. Hinges commonly sag or wear down when the bushings that influence the hinge's pin in dwelling change into disfigured. To plenary a machine hinge replacement, you Testament committal a uncommon basic tools and a hinge replacement utensils that includes latest bolts and bushings.
Instructions
1. Cleared the door, and habitat a jack underneath the door to prop it up and accept weight off the hinge on which you arrangement to chore.
2. Loosen the bolts on the defective hinge with a screwdriver. Let the door Blop slightly onto the bedding of the jack, then remove the upper bolt.
3. Grind the hinge pin flush with the frame of the hinge using a round grinding thing.
4. Remove the hinge pin by forcing it absent with a slotted screwdriver. Whether the pin sticks, grab it with a team of pliers and hit it with a hammer to conscription it outside.
Tap it into place, and secure it with the e-clip that comes with your kit. Add more lubricant to the top of the bolt.9. Reinstall remainder of the bolts to complete the project.
6. Insert the bushings from a hinge replacement kit into the holes in the hinge. Tap them in from the top to secure them in place; they should fit tightly.
7. Apply lubricant to the new bushings, and fit the hinge back into place on the door.
8. Insert the new hinge pin from your kit into the hinge, up through the bottom.5. Remove the lower bolt from the hinge, and remove the hinge from the door. You will likely see that the bushings on the hinge are cracked -- likely the cause of the sagging. Knock out the old bushings.
