How To Fix Blazer Door Hinge

How to replace the hinge pins bushings on a chevy blazer.

How to fix blazer door hinge.

3l 2 door utv vehicle was purchased as gm certified used with 49712 miles on 1 17 03. The hinge pin can elongate the hole if it is left go long enough with a bad missing bushing. Put some on the bushing set it in place and let it. You can also adjust a door slightly to the left or the right by bending the hinge knuckles.

You can try to replace them but my experience has been that the new bushings will litteraly fall out of the holes because the holes are worn so bad. Follow the directions how to mix it fill the hinge void with it don t be shy. Place the small nail punch against the bottom end of the hinge pin. The hinge pins though are doable by about anyone.

First you will need these tools. Get a product called jb weld it s kinda like liquid welding. Place your support next to the chevy blazer s door that needs the hinge pins and bushings replaced. Defective driver side door hinge was noticed on the following day 1 18 03 and brought to the attention of the selling dealership when they opened for business on monday 1 19 03.

I just installed one of the repair kits on my s 10 and all of the up and down slack. Use a hinge leaf as a template to make a cardboard shim that you can slip behind the leaf. If the hinge leaf is recessed only at the bottom or the top insert a shim behind only part of the hinge leaf. The hinge is actually welded to the door so in order to replace it you will need to take it apart cut the welds and weld a new one on and paint it again.

If the door pins have worn through the bushing and have gotten into the hinge and egg shaped the hole you probably need to get a hinge repair kit that includes oversized steel pins and greaseable bushings and if you dont you will have to replace them again soon. Drape the old towel or sheet over the. I have repaired several by separating the door hinge halves to access the hole then braze the hole where it is worn then file it round to accept the new bushing.