How To Fix A Door Hinge Pin

Keep in mind that the nail will be useless after you do this.

How to fix a door hinge pin.

Place the nail on the bottom of the door hinge and tap the nail s tip with your hammer. By putting pressure on the hinge pin and bending it slightly the problem is solved. Close your door and tap the hinge pin with a hammer and nail punch. When you ve loosened the pin pull it up and out using the back end of your hammer or an old flat head screwdriver.

How to fix a loose door hinge in 10 minutes leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to fix a loose door hinge. Subscribe to our channel and like our video. To fix a sagging door you can either replace the whole hinge or just the pin and bushings. Remove the loose screw.

Tap the hinge pin back into the door with a hammer at the top of the pin barrel. Extreme wear however can cause the hinge itself to wear and allow movement. Break or cut off the match es flush with the hinge plate and discard the heads. If this video seems like a disjointed mess that s because it is.

How to tighten a loose hinge step 1. Tap wood image zoom if that does not solve the problem trim pieces of shim or other small wood pieces to fit. If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. Https amzn to 2ypwub5 and a canon g7x whic.

You can get a hinge pin and bushing kit here. After you ve filled the void in the screw hole with the. Danny demonstrates how to repair an interior door that keeps swinging open or closed. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit.

Ask a helper to hold up the door and align the pin barrel on both halves of the hinge. Usually all you ll need to do is replace the pin and bushings in one or both hinges. If the hinge pin falls out. We ll show you how to replace the whole hinge and just the pin and bushings in most vehicles.