door pins, what a fooking pain in the arsehole!

[tom28]

anyone got any tips for changing them? ive even took the door off and i still cant bang the old one out, what a shitty design it really is.. this is on mk2 escort by the way.

 

 

any tips much appreciated

[over_head_cam]

Freeze spray lubricant is good, then whack it out with a good drift

 

Or a good soak up in penetrating oil and more of the same with a nice hefty hammer.

[banarama]

wd 40 a flat solid punch / a club hammer

[mexman123]

Took my mate 4 hours to get my drivers door off...that was with a proper original Ford pin removal tool,,,,

He was proper pissed off.....on his way round, he said 'yeah, i'll have it out in no time with this'......

He was proper miffed after 4 hours.....

Cost me a good round of drinks too......

[Andrade]

I took the doors off my anglia a few weeks ago, first took the door off, then tried unbolting the hinges. the inner pillar set of bolts seemed to have an endless thread, then i realised that the bracket inside the wheel arch that holds the thread in place rusted off so it was just turning around all over the place

[tom28]

wd 40 a flat solid punch / a club hammer

 

 

thats what ive been trying to do mate, its halfway in now but still very tight..

[jimbo]

I'm feeling your pain. Tried doing mine on the Capri recently (using a removal tool) Shifted it a few mm.

 

Now I've plugged up the bottom holes in each hinge and I've got them sat soaking in WD40. Gonna have another go this weekend.

 

The question for me is "How am I going to get new pins in?"

 

I was thinking that there must be a bolt with a long blank shank that is the right size

[Fishtailparka]

Don't know for sure about Capri sizes but M8 usually does the trick.

I always use bolts these days, no issues with them.

[mk14dr]

Bolt on door hinges are obviously the win. I can have all of my doors off in 20mins

[tom28]

[flyingbanana]

Bolt on door hinges are obviously the win. I can have all of my doors off in 20mins

 

[jimbo]

I'm feeling your pain. Tried doing mine on the Capri recently (using a removal tool) Shifted it a few mm.

 

Now I've plugged up the bottom holes in each hinge and I've got them sat soaking in WD40. Gonna have another go this weekend.

 

I got one out!!!!

 

 

 

I'm convinced now that the method (for stubborn pins) is....:

 

1) WD40

2) A good clean out/scrape with a stiff bit of wire

3) More WD40

4) A couple of whacks to shock/loosen it

5) Bung it up at the bottom

6) Fill with WD40

7 Leave 2 days

8 ) Fill with WD40

9) Leave 2 days

10) Whack it out

 

Got an M8 bolt in there nowand got the other pin bunged up and full of WD40.

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

i got a door hinge to replace on my cortina but the one i got was fooked too it took hours to get the pin out

 

now going to a local machine shop to fit a nice pin / bush

 

it had a pin and brass bushes in

[tom28]

i got mine half way through and gave up, tried wd40, a good whack, drill, the lot, think ill get new hindge when i start sensing play in the door, seems fine but for how long...

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

luckilly for me i could do mine in the vice so i just brayed and brayed

 

and drilled some of it out too

[escortmad4eva]

Guys i know what you are all saying my first car was a little fiesta it needed a full respray had to take both front doors off i was an apprentice mechanic at the time got told try a bit of heat got one side off the other side i had to cut both the fooking hinges off and weld them back on. But now i must say use a bit of heat but not to much.

[Matt.C]

Ive been trying to take the doors off of my mk2. got one off with my bosses pin removal tool but cant budge the the other side, think ill fill it up with wd40 and give it a try in a couple of days.

[tom28]

mk1s are worse than mk2s i gota say at least with mk2 you can take the door off

[jimbo]

For all those who need encouragement with their door pins, it can done

 

 

[Yeomans22]

a bit off the topic, but where should you buy new pins for a mk2 escort?

 

thanks

[Fiesta Steve]

Guys i know what you are all saying my first car was a little fiesta it needed a full respray had to take both front doors off i was an apprentice mechanic at the time got told try a bit of heat got one side off the other side i had to cut both the fooking hinges off and weld them back on. But now i must say use a bit of heat but not to much.

 

I might be missing something here but why not just unbolt the doors ?? About 6 bolts and about 5 minutes and there off ??

 

Are Escorts different to Fiestas ?

[jimbo]

Guys i know what you are all saying my first car was a little fiesta it needed a full respray had to take both front doors off i was an apprentice mechanic at the time got told try a bit of heat got one side off the other side i had to cut both the fooking hinges off and weld them back on. But now i must say use a bit of heat but not to much.

 

I might be missing something here but why not just unbolt the doors ?? About 6 bolts and about 5 minutes and there off ??

 

Are Escorts different to Fiestas ?

 

I must admit if I was respraying the car I'd probably do exactly that, but for me personally, I was just seeking to replace the worn pins, so had to get them out anyhow. I figured the effort removing the pins was equal to the effort of rehanging the doors.

 

I found that it was easier to get the pins moving with an appropriately sized coachbolt and a hammer, rather than the removal tool.

[jimbo]

a bit off the topic, but where should you buy new pins for a mk2 escort?

 

thanks

 

PM Antz on here mate