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07-03-2006, 03:55 PM | #31 | |
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Re: Door pin and bushing repair How-To!
after replacing ....get litiuimn grease in a spray can and keep relubeing it every month or oil change or so to keep it lubed up.... thats what i do with mine..
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07-06-2006, 11:13 AM | #32 | ||
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Kinda like replacing your balljoints and such and never greasing them, there is no real point.
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07-11-2006, 05:30 PM | #33 | |
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Re: Door pin and bushing repair How-To!
unless you have the sealed ball joints with no zerk
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07-11-2006, 05:49 PM | #34 | |
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Which is very rare on a Blazer.
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09-08-2006, 08:12 PM | #35 | |
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can you just replace the top hinge bushings without taking the bottom hinge appart?
Looks like i just need the top hinge pin and bushings replaced. thnaks |
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09-08-2006, 09:15 PM | #36 | ||
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Do both at the same time, Under an hour job. Make sure you use the GM DOOR SPRING REMOVAL TOOL, it will make the job a cake walk....
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09-09-2006, 01:41 PM | #37 | |
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I clean and regrease mine with white lithium grease every 3000 - 5000 km so as to hopefully avoid (or at least prolong) having to replace them.
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09-10-2006, 06:32 PM | #38 | ||
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10-25-2007, 07:09 AM | #40 | |
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Link to cheap door spring tool
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95344 also available at the retail locations |
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11-10-2007, 10:53 AM | #41 | |
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Well... I've got to do mine on my 97 Sonoma.
Left side drops very little so I probably won't have to weld but the right side is eggshaped. Sounds stupid but... What size drill do I use after I weld it? And does NAPA have quality pins? Thanks for the help and excellent post
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I would just Dab some weld on the egg shape part of the hole on the hinge, then use a round file on the new weld, Filing just to the point where the new brass bushing will go in about a quarter of the way, then compress it in the rest of the way with a homade compresser tool. I bought my new pins and bushings from the dealer. Good Luck and post us back......
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SUCCESS!!!
What I thought were going to be egged holes on the right side turned out to be little left of the bushings!!! Pins popped right out. Left side took a bit more work to get the pins out as it wasn't nearly as bad. Doing the worst side first prepared us for the left side. (Dad-in-law helped as he had a welder if we needed it.) Spring tool worked slick (ratcheting box wrenches on the Christmas list!) Pressing in the bushings worked even slicker (is that a word?!!) Not even close to what I thought was going to be a difficult job but following all the great info and pics given here, this job was VERY EASY!! THANK YOU TO ALL!!
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11-29-2007, 06:42 PM | #44 | |
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Welcome, You are now an honorary member of the......
"New Door Bushing and Door Pin Club"
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12-01-2007, 06:37 PM | #45 | |
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Re: Door pin and bushing repair How-To!
Doing this little repair next week....
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