DIY Door Hinge Pin Removal Tool

[FL-Frank]

With the door removed from the car, and after the hinge pins were soaked with penetrating oil for several hours, I tried again with this ebay tool. With the door upside down on the floor, I Mounted the tool on the bottom hinge per the instructions, cranked on the bolt, and the bolt snapped. The hinge pin didn’t budge.
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“Tinker Toy” 1967 Savannah Beige Beetle Sedan...........Mostly Original Survivor
“Fritz” 1964 Gulf Blue Karmann Ghia Coupe...Complete Pan-Off Restoration SOLD

[EMPIImp69]

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1963 Ragtop Bug

[FL-Frank]

Planning to bring the door to a local friends place who has a compressor and pneumatic hammer.

What size punch is that in your picture?
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“Tinker Toy” 1967 Savannah Beige Beetle Sedan...........Mostly Original Survivor
“Fritz” 1964 Gulf Blue Karmann Ghia Coupe...Complete Pan-Off Restoration SOLD

[EMPIImp69]

Its the skinny one that comes in the Harbor freight 3 pack, see in link below for the kit. I didn't even need to spray any lube in there, popped it out pretty quickly.

https://www.harborfreight.com/7-in-long-air-chisel-set-3-pc-68276.html
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1963 Ragtop Bug

[FL-Frank]

This morning I attempted to press the bottom hinge pin out with my vise as suggested elsewhere here on the samba.

Even when cranking on the vise handle with a 3 foot cheater bar, the hinge pin wouldnt budge

Hoping the air hammer will do it!
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“Tinker Toy” 1967 Savannah Beige Beetle Sedan...........Mostly Original Survivor
“Fritz” 1964 Gulf Blue Karmann Ghia Coupe...Complete Pan-Off Restoration SOLD

[FL-Frank]

I took the door to a friends place today to use his air hammer.

After several attempts hammering away on the lower hinge pin...nothing. We tried heating it and still nothing.

As a last resort, I guess I’ll try drilling it out. That should keep me busy for a long time
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“Tinker Toy” 1967 Savannah Beige Beetle Sedan...........Mostly Original Survivor
“Fritz” 1964 Gulf Blue Karmann Ghia Coupe...Complete Pan-Off Restoration SOLD

[FL-Frank]

So, I decided to buy and try the Eastwood pin removal tool. After 2 weeks of Repeatedly soaking the hinge pin with Seafoam Deep Creep Penetrant; this morning I heated the hinge with a torch and attached the Eastwood tool using the shortest pin. I triple checked everything to make sure the tool was alinged properly, and started tightening its bolt with a 19mm socket attatched to a 12” breaker bar.

I really leaned into the breaker bar, however, the only result I achieved was distorting the end of the tool’s pin...and the hinge pin didn’t budge

Any suggestions?

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“Tinker Toy” 1967 Savannah Beige Beetle Sedan...........Mostly Original Survivor
“Fritz” 1964 Gulf Blue Karmann Ghia Coupe...Complete Pan-Off Restoration SOLD

[bugheadred]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=670917&highlight=


just make one that works

[FL-Frank]

[sparkyt72]

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[viiking]

Great tool!

Only suggested improvement is to put a female end (smaller than the diameter of the pin) on the extension pieces. It looks like there is a possibility that the original small pin and the extension are misaligned and can slip off. You can see that they are not in a straight line when you first start the tool off with the extension.
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1968 1500 RHD Lotus White Beetle since birth. In the hospital for major surgery
1966 Lancia Flavia Pininfarina Coupe - in the waiting room
Discharged: 1983 Vanagon, 1974 1800 Microbus,1968 Low Light,1968 Type 3

[FL-Frank]

[68IHscout]

[FL-Frank]

After several unsuccessful attempts using various methods and tools to remove the hinge pins from a replacement door I had acquired some time ago, I bought one of 8 Ball Garage’s pin removal tools.. It’s designed, manufactured, and operates very well!

I did manage to break the handle that came with the tool, however, that was easily remedied by fabricating a replacement handle comprised of a 150mm length of 12.9 grade 12mm threaded rod, two 50mm lengths of stainless steel spacers, four 12mm washers, and a 12mm nut.

Using this tool, the top pin came out very easily. The bottom pin, however, continues to resist. I’ll let it soak with penetrant for a few more days, and then give it another go.

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“Tinker Toy” 1967 Savannah Beige Beetle Sedan...........Mostly Original Survivor
“Fritz” 1964 Gulf Blue Karmann Ghia Coupe...Complete Pan-Off Restoration SOLD

[sunroof]

Depending on how frozen your pins are the only way to get them out may be to cut them out, which is how I did it.

Make a longitudinal cut at the back of the hinge through the pin and push the pin halves out.

Squeeze the hinges around the new pins and weld the cuts back together. This actually works better than you might think. It looks like butcher work but if you do it right you can't see the welds and the new pins are nice and snug.
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Better and better mistakes!

[bigdog1962]

Popped mine out w this tool from Harbor Freight.

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Oprn wrote: I'm getting to the age that any self propelled woman (no wheel chair or walker) looks HOT!! Oooo! look at that Babe! She made it from the dining room all the way to the TV room without help!! Hubba, hubba!!

[sunroof]

I tried that too but it just ended up mushrooming the pin and making things worse. Not only did I have to cut the hinge apart but I also had pry it open to get the mushroomed pin out.

Don
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Better and better mistakes!

[birdmansuperbeetle]

I have given up trying to remove pins. I just bought 4 new hinges and replaced them. It would seem to be more work but in the end it worked better.

[FL-Frank]

I couldn’t get the lower pin to budge..... so I drilled out the rivets and removed the entire lower hinge.
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“Tinker Toy” 1967 Savannah Beige Beetle Sedan...........Mostly Original Survivor
“Fritz” 1964 Gulf Blue Karmann Ghia Coupe...Complete Pan-Off Restoration SOLD