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Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:26 am

I need to drill out and replace a couple of door hinge pins. Can anyone tell me what size the pins are and what size drill bit to use. ever see a write up on this here or anywhere.

Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:51 am

there are a few threads here in the forum about this topic.
One of them in the last 2 or 3 months mentioned the pin sizes and a few clever items you can find at your home store that will work in a pinch.
Do some more searching in the forum and you should find the info.

Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:19 am

alg wrote: Do some more searching in the forum and you should find the info.

Best and most recent http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=193630
Mark

Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:28 pm

i would not drill them - you will ruin the hinges. the pins are very hard.

they will press out. when i did this i used a sturdy large vice. support the hinge with a deep socket over the pin and use a very short drift - i think i used a short screwdriver bit - to do the pressing. the pin will get pressed into the socket. after it is mostly out you can drift it put the rest of the way. use a lot of heat - a small blowtorch will do.

Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:57 pm

If you can wait, I would order some new pins from The Thing Shop and use the new pin to drift out the old.

Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:05 pm

honky wrote: I need to drill out and replace a couple of door hinge pins. Can anyone tell me what size the pins are and what size drill bit to use. ever see a write up on this here or anywhere.

I wouldn't drill them out either. I used a torch to warm the hinge area up (only burnt the paint on that part), and used a drift punch to knock it out of the hinge. I then used a 6mm reamer to clean up the pin part after it cooled. I think the stock pin size is actually 5mm in diameter. I hope this helps.

Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:44 pm

did you have to knock out the pin stuck on the hinge that is welded to the car ?

Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:20 pm

honky wrote: did you have to knock out the pin stuck on the hinge that is welded to the car ?

The pin and the hinge are not welded to anything.

The door hinge is mounted with machine screws.
The door hinge pin is merely pressed in.

Fri Nov 03, 2006 6:06 am

I have an "ample" supply of door hinges available... K-mann