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Title: door removal
Post by: omegod on 01 August 2009, 17:15:24

need to swap a rear door tomorrow and dont have a pin extractor, any tips as to how to bodge a tool? are the pins reusable?

Title: Re: door removal
Post by: smokingomega on 01 August 2009, 17:49:31

I`m looking to do the same. Can you pass info on if you get any please

Title: Re: door removal
Post by: Beverley on 01 August 2009, 17:56:13

Andy has a piece of studding he uses and after soaking the pin in WD40 or simular, did the trick for him many times over

Title: Re: door removal
Post by: Mike Collins on 01 August 2009, 17:58:10

I used a punch just smaller than the roll pin and tapped them out, I can't remember whether I knocked them up, or down. If you put something like an allen key in place of each pin as it comes out it will locate the door until you are ready for removal.

Title: Re: door removal
Post by: unlucky alf on 01 August 2009, 19:35:01

ive heard the way to do it is grip the flared end of the pins with pliers & hit pliers with a hammer, & im the same as ive got a couple of doors to change :y oh & perhaps running some 3 in 1 in the hinges might help or wd40 as herfordshiregirl says ;)

Title: Re: door removal
Post by: The Red Baron on 01 August 2009, 19:39:14

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ive heard the way to do it is grip the flared end of the pins with pliers & hit pliers with a hammer, & im the same as ive got a couple of doors to change :y oh & perhaps running some 3 in 1 in the hinges might help or wd40 as herfordshiregirl says ;)

thats what i did when i took the doors of the estate. :y

Title: Re: door removal
Post by: 3.0V6 on 01 August 2009, 21:47:15

I use a largish chisel, has a curve chipped out of the leading edge - works a treat on the lip of the door pins.

Title: Re: door removal
Post by: MutantCav on 01 August 2009, 21:56:09

I found the back doors to be more akward than the fronts as more limited on space

Title: Re: door removal
Post by: Elite Pete on 02 August 2009, 10:25:09

I use a small pair of Mole Grips and tap them till the pin comes out.

Title: Re: door removal
Post by: The Red Baron on 02 August 2009, 10:30:06

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I use a small pair of Mole Grips and tap them till the pin comes out.

about the best way pete.  :)