03-07-2020, 09:06 AM
I did this job a while back. I was fully expecting to be able to get hinge pins from a Cherished Supplier, but they don't seem to feature in their lists.
Instead, I got 7 mm diameter silver steel from a Beaulieu stallholder, plus a selection of new drills and an adjustable reamer. The upper hinges are easier to get at, and seemed to be the most prone to wear, so I only did those.
The hinge holes were opened up progressively with drills, then finished with the reamer. The reamer had a small square end, which I gripped with a useful tool having a slender chuck at the end of a foot long rod, also found at Beaulieu. A normal tap holder won't fit.
The hinge pin has no mushroom head, it's an interference fit in the door part of the hinge and turns in the body part, or it it the other way round ? - I can't remember now.
A satisfying job, and stopped a couple of the many rattles on rough roads.
Instead, I got 7 mm diameter silver steel from a Beaulieu stallholder, plus a selection of new drills and an adjustable reamer. The upper hinges are easier to get at, and seemed to be the most prone to wear, so I only did those.
The hinge holes were opened up progressively with drills, then finished with the reamer. The reamer had a small square end, which I gripped with a useful tool having a slender chuck at the end of a foot long rod, also found at Beaulieu. A normal tap holder won't fit.
The hinge pin has no mushroom head, it's an interference fit in the door part of the hinge and turns in the body part, or it it the other way round ? - I can't remember now.
A satisfying job, and stopped a couple of the many rattles on rough roads.