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Title: God damn door pin
Post by: omegod on 24 July 2012, 21:00:28
Can't get the frigging door pin out and just snapped the removal tool,  Im gonna cut the  b*stard door off with my whizzer >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

Stand by with the extinguisher wifey  :o ;D
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: TheBoy on 24 July 2012, 21:01:40
No tool needed. A drift and a hammer.
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: omegod on 24 July 2012, 21:14:05
Quote from: TheBoy on 24 July 2012, 21:01:40
No tool needed. A drift and a hammer.

Tried a drift, no joy , even put a jack under it but the car just started going up. Heat and even terrible swearing wouldn't budge it either.
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: Andy B on 24 July 2012, 21:55:03
Quote from: omegod on 24 July 2012, 21:14:05
Quote from: TheBoy on 24 July 2012, 21:01:40
No tool needed. A drift and a hammer.

Tried a drift, no joy , even put a jack under it but the car just started going up. Heat and even terrible swearing wouldn't budge it either.

Not sure where you could be jacking the door pin if the car was being lifted ......  ??? ???
Both pins come out toward the middle ie the top pin goes down & the bottom pin goes up, I used this
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/Tiff4327/General/hingepinremoval.jpg) and a big hammer. Try knocking each pin the wrong way to help release it before you use something to pull each pin out.
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: albitz on 24 July 2012, 22:15:38
pair of mole grips on the pin,then tap the molegrips to drift the pin out - seemples. ;)
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: flyer 0712 on 24 July 2012, 22:55:11
Jack sealey do a hinge pin remover tool that comes complete with 3 different size pins and the removal tool for about £25 retail..part number vs801......i have had one for years and always done the trick with it. :y
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: omegod on 25 July 2012, 07:48:38
Quote from: yar244 on 24 July 2012, 22:55:11
Jack sealey do a hinge pin remover tool that comes complete with 3 different size pins and the removal tool for about £25 retail..part number vs801......i have had one for years and always done the trick with it. :y

Thats the one that broke!   Done a few with it but it just sheared on this one.

Andy it's the lower pin that needs to go up, drift under pin, jack under drift as thought weight of car would pop it out, no joy. It's getting cut off today
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: the alarming man on 25 July 2012, 07:58:37
on my sport i used TB method and worked ok.....unless yours had been mullered before..... :y
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: Andy B on 25 July 2012, 09:24:10
Quote from: omegod on 25 July 2012, 07:48:38
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Andy it's the lower pin that needs to go up, drift under pin, jack under drift as thought weight of car would pop it out, no joy. It's getting cut off today

I'd say there'd be too much of an angle  :-\  :-\  :-\  :-\

If you have a small dremel type cutting disc, you could try cutting the top flare off & then drive the old pin out downwards. You might have a bit more room to swing your hammer between the hinges rather than below the lower hinge.  :-\
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: Elite Pete on 25 July 2012, 12:50:00
I'm with Albs and the Molegrips on this one. The hinge pin has a split down it so the Molegrips pinch the pin together
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: dad1uk on 26 July 2012, 07:06:36
This is what I use except the bar is straight and I've never had a problem........ :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEALEY-TOOLS-HEAVY-DUTY-DOOR-HINGE-PIN-REMOVAL-STEEL-TOOL-SET-/360439946484?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item53ebe51cf4
Title: Re: God damn door pin
Post by: omegod on 26 July 2012, 07:54:17
Managed to get it off eventually with a heat/molegrip/drift/swearing combination!

Sealey removal tools are crap all round!