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Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:46 am

Hi Guys,
Just be warned, soaking and pounding MAY not work. I had the same trouble a few months back. I tried oil soaking and pounding, I tried the airchisle and I tried cursing and swearing all to no avail! I took it to a friend of mine who is a machinist and he drilled it out. I am real lucky that that I did not destroy anything before I gave up and had a pro take care of it. Be careful and good luck!

-Pat

Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:28 am

air chisel knocked both of mine out with no probs..they also soaked for a few days as well

Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:42 pm

I'll have to try the welding on the Rustybus. I've tried pouning, air chisel, a Matra pin extraction tool, and lots of other stuff. Hasn't budged. I've welded a screw to the head of a door screw to get them out when stripped, and have even used that technique to remove a pop out frame screw with a snapped off head. Maybe it will work on the pin too. It works 99% of the time on screws for me.

Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:24 pm

So now my question. Any tricks in getting one of Ronnie's round mirror arms into the hinge? The body shop had remved my elephant ears, and left two bolts in the upper hinges.

Easy enough to get out, but now the new hinge arms are tight. I can get it 3/4 of the way in, but push myself dizzy without the last 1/4 inch budging.

BTW, I did sand all of the paint off for the piece that goes in the hinge.

Anyone have something to try? Drivers side... - Thanks!
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Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:10 am

KevinAlbrecht wrote: So now my question. Any tricks in getting one of Ronnie's round mirror arms into the hinge? The body shop had remved my elephant ears, and left two bolts in the upper hinges.

Easy enough to get out, but now the new hinge arms are tight. I can get it 3/4 of the way in, but push myself dizzy without the last 1/4 inch budging.

BTW, I did sand all of the paint off for the piece that goes in the hinge.

Anyone have something to try? Drivers side... - Thanks!

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Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:13 am

mic it and get a reamer or try buying the real deal. also heating the hinge cooling the arm might work just be sure the fit between the arm and the section of hinghe on the door has room to pivot

Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:25 am

slow36hp wrote: mic it and get a reamer or try buying the real deal. also heating the hinge cooling the arm might work just be sure the fit between the arm and the section of hinghe on the door has room to pivot

New paint, so heating the hinge is not gonna happen. May try the coooling the arm with some dry ice.

Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:34 am

I tries several different methods and found oven cleaner to work! I made a cup out of tinfoil and soaled the hinge. Careful because the cleaner will eat thru the foil. It will also disolve the rust inside the hinge over time. Also be careful when using air. If the pin is stuck big time there is a chance the air hammer will mushroom the end and wedge it in even more.

Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:01 am

being fresh paint, i cant claim anything wont chip or react but when i install new hinge pins, i set them in a freezer(i have one in the shop) for a day or 2 and get needed tools and everything set for a very quick install.pull the pin out of the freezer with pliers(body heat will instantly warm the pin) and immediately attempt the install. usually the pin will just drop right in. might work for your situation. never tried dry ice but i suppose it may work similar.

Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:43 am

BeaterBarndoor wrote: being fresh paint, i cant claim anything wont chip or react but when i install new hinge pins, i set them in a freezer(i have one in the shop) for a day or 2 and get needed tools and everything set for a very quick install.pull the pin out of the freezer with pliers(body heat will instantly warm the pin) and immediately attempt the install. usually the pin will just drop right in. might work for your situation. never tried dry ice but i suppose it may work similar.

Great. Thanks for the input!

Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:24 am

Was able to get my top two (broken mirror arms) out. Grinded both sides flat, different days of penetrating oil, propane torch, drift and small hand held sledge. Also drilled and indent on bottom of pin for it to be recessed so the drift would fit nicely in there. Once they budged, I would sledge the pin back and forth on each side to lube more penetrating oil in there. As mentioned with patience and persistence, it finally busted loose completely. Almost went air hammer route.

Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:58 pm

Pb ad lots of persuasion.The hinge tool did not get it, we devised a tool with a large c clamp but I kept at it with a hammerdrill set @ chipmwitha 1/4 bit ground down.Whew dem suckers was tiiiiigt

Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:39 pm

Thanks to the emotional support of this thread I have successfully drilled out my mirror arm base!