Good Evening, I just wanted to thank you for this video. It was super helpful. You did a great job and all your hints really worked well. Thanks for taking the time to record this. I'm in the process of checking out your other videos. Thanks again!! Michael
Glad I could help! And damn, sorry I didn't read this sooner! I'm currently replacing all the factory gauges with Auto Meter gauges. I threw all the factory ones in the trash. None of them worked. But I would have been happy to give you the clock for free. If you could make it work, great! If not, no big loss. I have seen them pop up on eBay every now and then. Thanks for watching! Best of luck to you!
I removed my door from the hinge and left the hinge on the truck. Then grinded the old hinge pin in half and knocked out the pin top and bottom. Then installed the new hinge pins and bushings. Reinstalled the door and came together fine. If you remove the hinges completely then it will be trial and error to set the hinges against the truck body, if that is necessary, then place marks on the truck body as to where the hinge should match prior to the removal.
thank you.......need to get this done on my chevy van (1975) and gmc (1973) pickup. you save me allot of time & guesswork on how to go about doing this job.Again......great job you did.
If you can hear or even worse, see the hinge pin giggling inside the two hinge halves, then you need to replace the hinge pins. The door could also be tweaked. My original doors were rusted out so I put on some aftermarket doors, they were not straight at all. I had to cut and re-weld them a little bit.
I used OEM GM bushings and pins to rebuild mine......i don't like the aftermarket junk Dorman parts. With the Aftermarkets one thing is the splines come down the shaft to far and bite into the bronze bushing causing it to spin inside the housing
Honestly I don't think you could change the pins in the hinges without removing the hinges from the truck. Maybe you could, but it would be VERY difficult, and you'd likely damage areas around the hinges. The door really needs to come off. Mark the hinges against the doors and cab before you remove them. That will make re-aligning the doors easier when you re-install them. The fender can stay on but you'll likely need a u-joint attachment on your ratchet to remove the hinge-to-cab bolts.
I'm having problems aligning the doors. There's always at least one corner of the door that doesn't close flush with the cab or front fender. Do you think I need new hinges? Thanks
Where do you have to go through to get to that bolt on the inside for the passenger side? I have an 86 sierra but its exactly the same. I just tried to take my hinges off to replace them and didnt notice that one from the inside on the top hinge
Slichman500 There is a corresponding hole in the same place on the passenger side. You will likely need to remove the cable holding up the glovebox or removing the glovebox altogether.
Ralph Garcia You just have to keep the bolts loose on the hinges... both the door side and the cab side. Adjust the door by hand until it's right and then tighten down the bolts. It's good to have a helping hand with this but it's not too difficult to do it by yourself.
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Good Evening, I just wanted to thank you for this video. It was super helpful. You did a great job and all your hints really worked well. Thanks for taking the time to record this. I'm in the process of checking out your other videos. Thanks again!! Michael
Glad I could help! And damn, sorry I didn't read this sooner! I'm currently replacing all the factory gauges with Auto Meter gauges. I threw all the factory ones in the trash. None of them worked. But I would have been happy to give you the clock for free. If you could make it work, great! If not, no big loss. I have seen them pop up on eBay every now and then. Thanks for watching! Best of luck to you!
I removed my door from the hinge and left the hinge on the truck. Then grinded the old hinge pin in half and knocked out the pin top and bottom. Then installed the new hinge pins and bushings. Reinstalled the door and came together fine. If you remove the hinges completely then it will be trial and error to set the hinges against the truck body, if that is necessary, then place marks on the truck body as to where the hinge should match prior to the removal.
Thanks
Thank you very much, I was searching a video with this, now I repair my truck doors.
Thank you for watching!
thank you.......need to get this done on my chevy van (1975) and gmc (1973) pickup. you save me allot of time & guesswork on how to go about doing this job.Again......great job you did.
+richarrrdj Thank you for watching!
Thank you those little things mean a lot
If you can hear or even worse, see the hinge pin giggling inside the two hinge halves, then you need to replace the hinge pins. The door could also be tweaked. My original doors were rusted out so I put on some aftermarket doors, they were not straight at all. I had to cut and re-weld them a little bit.
Thank You!!! Excellent- Exactly what I wanted to see, it helped a bunch!
Nice! I'm getting tired of lifting up and slamming my door!
what are the steel bushings for / No one ever says .
I used OEM GM bushings and pins to rebuild mine......i don't like the aftermarket junk Dorman parts. With the Aftermarkets one thing is the splines come down the shaft to far and bite into the bronze bushing causing it to spin inside the housing
Happy to help!
I'm glad it helped!
Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Honestly I don't think you could change the pins in the hinges without removing the hinges from the truck. Maybe you could, but it would be VERY difficult, and you'd likely damage areas around the hinges. The door really needs to come off. Mark the hinges against the doors and cab before you remove them. That will make re-aligning the doors easier when you re-install them. The fender can stay on but you'll likely need a u-joint attachment on your ratchet to remove the hinge-to-cab bolts.
Thanks for the information. So what I see is I have to completely dismantle everything from the cab forward just to change a door hinge?!?
No problem amigo!
I'm having problems aligning the doors. There's always at least one corner of the door that doesn't close flush with the cab or front fender. Do you think I need new hinges? Thanks
Appreciated
Hi, great video, So the pin is bolted from the factory? Is it impossible to remove the pin in any other way?, thanks,
This is very helpful..I am going to try myself without the hubby. Hope I can manage. :)
You'll do fine! Thank you for watching!
My nylon spur gear that the spring presses up against to hold the door open spins on the PIN is there a replacement for that
I have this issue thank you for the video
Thanks, OOH TRIALS BIKE :)
Wish i had knew this the other day .
Do you actually have to remove the dash components to remove the inside bolt?
Many thanks! I was ready to go directly to the torch lol. Is it hit and miss, readjust and try again for door alignment?
azdarth1971 Thank you for watching!
Where do you have to go through to get to that bolt on the inside for the passenger side? I have an 86 sierra but its exactly the same. I just tried to take my hinges off to replace them and didnt notice that one from the inside on the top hinge
Slichman500 There is a corresponding hole in the same place on the passenger side. You will likely need to remove the cable holding up the glovebox or removing the glovebox altogether.
Wats the part numbers on both parts
do you know the screw size specs?
How did you align the door after wards ? I replaced my drivers side top hinge and door didn't align the same
Ralph Garcia You just have to keep the bolts loose on the hinges... both the door side and the cab side. Adjust the door by hand until it's right and then tighten down the bolts. It's good to have a helping hand with this but it's not too difficult to do it by yourself.
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I take it the fenders have to be off the truck and the doors shut to allow access?
In my vase. Hahaha noice
Wat part number did u used?
10 million 1973 to 1987
where do you get the spring ??
Check out LMC online.