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Frizzle Fry · 08-13-2007, 03:01 AM

Ya those hinges worked out pretty well... but... they were still over 40 years old so they were a little sloppy. Since there are no "rebuild kits" available for these I made my own.

These hinges have two different sized pins in them; the big ones are 5/16" and the small ones are 1/4". It seems like the 5/16" pins are harder than the 1/4" pins because the big ones showed no wear while the small ones were clearly worn.

What I did was to make brass bushings/sleeves from 1/32" sheet and replace the 1/4" pins with 1/4" brass rod. I bored the 1/4" holes out to 5/16" and the 5/16" holes out to 3/8" (add 1/16" to each).

These hinges now have ZERO slop!

Here's some pics (camera died after these) :

08-13-2007, 03:01 AM	#362
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Joined the Short Wheelbase Club 69 Tahoe Project Ya those hinges worked out pretty well... but... they were still over 40 years old so they were a little sloppy. Since there are no "rebuild kits" available for these I made my own. These hinges have two different sized pins in them; the big ones are 5/16" and the small ones are 1/4". It seems like the 5/16" pins are harder than the 1/4" pins because the big ones showed no wear while the small ones were clearly worn. What I did was to make brass bushings/sleeves from 1/32" sheet and replace the 1/4" pins with 1/4" brass rod. I bored the 1/4" holes out to 5/16" and the 5/16" holes out to 3/8" (add 1/16" to each). These hinges now have ZERO slop! Here's some pics (camera died after these) :