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Old 08-13-2017, 06:56 PM   #60
andreas_kc
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Re: 49/51 3100, 4bt Turbo, ZF-5, Classic

Spent half of my day pulling out the lower hinges still stuck in the door. The uppers all came out of the 1951 Cab + 1 yard pull. These lowers are out of the 49 doors.

The panel covering the bolts on the door are solidly rusted in. I tried some penetrant/wd40, a giant phillips and a hammer to no avail.



Time to drill em out! Used a 1/4 inch cobalt drill bit and copious oil...



Last one broke off the rear nut holding it, but was lose enough I could twist the panel around and get to the rear nut with 9/16 and unbolt the hinge...



I found that the bar that attaches the bumper to the truck works great to hammer out the old hinge from the door. Even with the bolts out, the hinge was unmovable.



Disassembled, with top of bolts still sticking out...


5 hinges out....



Have oversized hinge pins and springs to rebuild these this week
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