Bad door hinges.

[NYCEGUY01]

Ive got this 92 LE and the hinges are shot. It makes the doors hard to open etc...

Are these like the newer chevys where you just buy a new pin and bushings or do I just need to go find some new hinges ??

How much of a pain is it to get the old ones out if this is the case ??

[BBrown]

Repair kits (replacement pins and bushings) - are readily available at Parts America, Advance, I got mine at Napa.
You'll need a couple wrenches, a hammer and a small chisel and a punch.
A helper friend is indespensible. Unbolt one hinge at a time and it can be done in a short time.
My first pin was 20 min with three helpers showing me what to do,
My second used a motor hoist (cherry picker) by myself in about a half hour.

In both my doors, the bottom pin was the cause of most of the sag - my top pins are still factory original.
Bob

[greasemonkey]

awesome, my doors sag a lot and started to mess up the latch in the door.

[Philip]

I didn't even unbolt the hinge from the door. Support the door with a floor jack in the center. Use something for padding to protect the paint.

Take an air chisel with a long blunt nose tip and drive the old pin out from the bottom. Jack the door up a little and pull outwards. Slip in the new bushings. Relaign the door and instll the new pin. Hit the top of the new pin with the air chisel to seat it.

It works best to do the bottom hinge first. It is the hardest one to do. With the slop in the upper hinge letting the door move a little to allow clerance.

A friend of mine ran his own body shop for about 25 years. He tought me this trick on my truck. It took 15 minutes to do both hinges on the drivers door.