Door Hinge/Pin

I think that's pretty much it, take the grease zirks out to tap them in obviously.....someone didn't and hammered one of mine down........

 

Yes, that what he said, and make sure you support the door properly, or get a helper with a steady hand.

 

Speaking of those grease zirks, how much grease do you use on them and how often?

 

I just did this last month, and you cannot pay me to do it again. That is how bad it really is. Your mileage may vary, but my door had to come off, all the wirings came off, took days, drills, drifts, punch, hammers, die grinder, dremmel tool, and a whole bunch of bruises to get rid of 1 pin. Then I had to get a new hinge, cut it, redrill it, recounter sink it, and put the whole thing back. Stuffing all the wires in was fun ...

I won in the end over the SOB pin, but I would never take on that again.

If your pin moves, well maybe you are more lucky than most of us were.

 

I was just reading the half shaft thread (http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=273831&page=2) ... I wonder if it might be good insurance to try soaking your old door pins with some of the Deep Creep stuff that's mentioned in the thread.

 

Yep!! it's a ***** of a jod. My pins where stuck fast i had to unbolt the door hinge once the door was off bit of heat on the pin piece of pisss

 

Heat did not do it. What worked was drilling out the entire length of the pin with a 1/4 drill bit thereby weakening the pin to the point that it can then be pounded out with a combination of punch, drift, and an allen bolt (yes, a bolt).

 

That's very unfortunate.

Part of the problem is that the tract that is supposed to pass the grease is smaller on some pins than others, and the hole to it is in the worst possible position, right at where the hinge-parts meet. IMO this is also the reason for the pins breaking frequently.

 

Are the Zirks a special size.....I could not get a gease gun fitting to go over the Zirk in my 86 328, to grease them. The grease gun fitting seemed to Small to slide over the zirk.

Is there more than one size....I thought they were all the same.

 

Thats what I have, but could not get the fitting to Snap on the Zirk....I dunno, its puzzling.

 

Got the exact same grease gun, fits perfectly, 1989 328. I don't think there are different sized fittings, try again?. Maybe fits but hole is clogged not letting grease in? Try a thin wire to unclog possibly.

Jeff

 

I have a related question: someone mentioned to me that the door on my 308 didn't pivot as smoothly as he thought it should do. I didn't noticed this but could it be that I need to grease the pins?