The name Silverado was front introduced in 1930 and remains unchanged nowadays. The fame Silverado is reserved for the top-of-the limit Chevy trucks from an appointment standpoint such as thing trim and interior options. Hinge pins on a 2001 Silverado are the axle points for the doors. The brass bushings are the dominant contributor in hinge wear. When they wear down, the rear of the door with the door lock tends to sag to the purpose that the door hook Testament not borderline up with the door striker. In plan to shut the door, it must be lifted to receive the bar to engage the striker. Convert the pins and bushings to set this crunch.
Instructions
1. Ajar the door all the habitude and situate the floor jack under the centre of the door. Subsume the lifting surface with a doubled-over cloth to protect the Motor lorry's distemper. Stand the floor jack Sufficiently to ease the door. Race the window down to produce it easier to knob.
2. Remove the spring in the door detent by placing the screwdriver inside the spring and prying it away of the arm. Remove the spring clips from the ends of the door pins using a screwdriver to pry up on the clips.
3. Schism the door pins loose, on the other hand cook not remove them even. Employ a drift and hammer to tap the top pin downward until it begins to Blop down with appropriate embryonic coercion. Loosen the lower pin by hitting it from the backside forcing it upward. At this purpose, corner a helper clasp the door from pin Emigration to re-installation of the door.
4. Tap the pins elsewhere of the hinges with a hammer. Pull the door elsewhere from the hinges honorable Sufficiently to access the bushings. Remove the bushings using the screwdriver. Involve the screwdriver under the purpose of the bushing and pry up. Whether they shift further laborious to remove, tap the screwdriver with a hammer to coax them gone.
5. Install the latest bushings dawning with the top hinge. There are two changed bushings for Everyone hinge. The bushing with the largest inside dimension gets installed under the head of the center pin and the smaller one on the bottom. Always install the bushings on the vehicle body side of the hinge. Install the small diameter bushing into the top of the upper hinge. Tap the bushings lightly, if necessary, to receive them to seat. Install the large diameter into the lower part of the top hinge ensuring it goes in the bottom side of the upper hinge.
6. This is the easiest way to install this spring. In its expanded state, it is a real workout trying to pry it on the rod. Install the spring and hold it in place with the pliers while you cut the wire with the wire cutters and let it expand into place. Lower the floor jack.
7. Pull the door in toward the body hinge and align the upper and lower holes. Insert the center pin in the top of the lower hinges and tap it down all the way. Install the top center pin into the hinge from the bottom up. Tap the pin up all the way, until the head of the pin is flush with the hinge.
8. Place the snap ring on the ends of each of the center pins and push them down with the screwdriver until seated in their grooves. Compress the detent spring with the adjustable pliers and wrap mechanics lock wire around the spring on two opposing sides. Twist the ends of the wire to keep it tight. Release the pressure on the pliers -- if the wire is tight, the spring will stay compressed. Install the bushings in the lower hinge the same way. The pin in the lower hinge installs from the top, so the large diameter bushing installs on the top of the hinge. The lower bushing installs from the bottom side of the hinge.
