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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: feeutfo on 13 April 2012, 15:54:08
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Drivers door was damaged, got another to go on.
Any advice on removing and re installing the hinge pins? There is a specil tool apparently.
...or anything else relevant?
The door I have is off a higher miler, so the guts of my door will be going in the new one.
Ta
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Don't forget to support the handle end. That's all I'm saying. Not from experience. Ahem.
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Drivers door was damaged, got another to go on.
Any advice on removing and re installing the hinge pins? There is a specil tool apparently.
...or anything else relevant?
The door I have is off a higher miler, so the guts of my door will be going in the new one.
Ta
Installing, small tack hammer. Removing, I just use a flat-bladed screwdriver
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Any advice on removing and re installing the hinge pins? There is a specil tool apparently.
...or anything else relevant?
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=door+pin+removal for the removal tool. Piece of wood undeer the door on a trolly jack to take the weight of the door.
I made this out of high carbon steel :y
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/Tiff4327/General/hingepinremoval.jpg)
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I always use a pair of molegrips clamped loosely and tap them with a small hammer. To refit just a small hammer.
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These pins the same as a carlton?
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You can use your new super trolley jack to support the door :y
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These pins the same as a carlton?
Almost. Instead of being parallel all the way along, there's a small flair at the bottom of an Omega's door pin, it gives you something to hit! ;D ;D
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These pins the same as a carlton?
Almost. Instead of being parallel all the way along, there's a small flair at the bottom of an Omega's door pin, it gives you something to hit! ;D ;D
Right. It's just that this topic came up on ABS and there is a wonder tool that has been used very effectivley.
It's like a slide hammer, well in fact it is a slide hammer but the shaft is thin enough to go through the pin, where you then screw on a nut bigger than the pin and slide bang to get it moving. This method works well on older corroded pins as there is less chance of hitting the end obliquely and putting it out of shape.
Plus it's long enough to get down between door frame and door without fouling.
Jon
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hammer and molegrips. Ideally a 2nd set of hands
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hammer and molegrips. Ideally a 2nd set of hands
Nah, rest the passenger door on left leg just above knee, driver`s on right one, seemples :)
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hammer and molegrips. Ideally a 2nd set of hands
Nah, rest the passenger door on left leg just above knee, driver`s on right one, seemples :)
Yeah, but this is gayboy :P
I'll bear your technique in mind, not tried that :y
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hammer and molegrips. Ideally a 2nd set of hands
Nah, rest the passenger door on left leg just above knee, driver`s on right one, seemples :)
Yeah, but this is gayboy :P
I'll bear your technique in mind, not tried that :y
Just watch your foot ;D
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hammer and molegrips. Ideally a 2nd set of hands
Nah, rest the passenger door on left leg just above knee, driver`s on right one, seemples :)
Yeah, but this is gayboy :P
I'll bear your technique in mind, not tried that :y
Just watch your foot ;D
Ooooooo, bitch :P ;D
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hammer and molegrips. Ideally a 2nd set of hands
Nah, rest the passenger door on left leg just above knee, driver`s on right one, seemples :)
Yeah, but this is gayboy :P
I'll bear your technique in mind, not tried that :y
Just watch your foot ;D
Ooooooo, bitch :P ;D
;D ;D
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hammer and molegrips. Ideally a 2nd set of hands
Nah, rest the passenger door on left leg just above knee, driver`s on right one, seemples :)
Yeah, but this is gayboy :P
I'll bear your technique in mind, not tried that :y
Passenger door on left leg...drivers door on right leg... I hope you've got a manual great stick J. ;D
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These pins the same as a carlton?
Almost. Instead of being parallel all the way along, there's a small flair at the bottom of an Omega's door pin, it gives you something to hit! ;D ;D
Right. It's just that this topic came up on ABS and there is a wonder tool that has been used very effectivley.
It's like a slide hammer, well in fact it is a slide hammer but the shaft is thin enough to go through the pin, where you then screw on a nut bigger than the pin and slide bang to get it moving. This method works well on older corroded pins as there is less chance of hitting the end obliquely and putting it out of shape.
Plus it's long enough to get down between door frame and door without fouling.
Jon
I saw this very tool in action on a Senator driver's door at the ABS meet this week! There is far less room to work on the Senator/Carlton than an Omega, and I was well impressed at how well it worked! 8)
Apparently GM charge about £70 for this tool, but I recon one could be 'fashioned' for about a fiver!! :y