How To Install Door Hinge Bushings

Place a bushing on top of the hinge bushing hole.

How to install door hinge bushings.

Replacing door hinge pins and bushings on an s10 chevrolet pickup truck requires a little elbow grease and some know how. This should also work on other models and on some gmc models too. How to replace the hinge pins on the door of a 2006 chevy silverado truck. The lip on the new bushings goes where the lip on the old bushings was at the top and bottom of the hinge arms.

Now you can install the hinge back to the a pillar with the bolts finger tight. If you are replacing the hinge pin and bushing for the top hinge place the bushing with the smaller inside hole on top of the hinge. With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge. Use a utility knife to score the outline.

No longer will the metal scrape against itself and screech. If you are replacing the hinge pin and bushing for the bottom hinge place the bushing with the larger inside hole on top of the hinge. The door hinge pin and bushing repair kit p n 926 11768 comes with 4 pins 8 bushings 6 smaller bushings and 2 larger bushings there are only 4 smaller bushings pictured because i was in a hurry and already installed 2 of them in the hinge. Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil.

If you have. Many gm cars use a larger bushing in the lower hole on the upper hinge. The fix takes around two hours to complete.