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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Door Hinges

Hi There
I have a large collection of door hinges all of which are not surprisingly showing signs of many years of use/ Has anybody had any joy in replacing the pins? I have tried to remove the pins with little success. Interestingly they seem to fail in several ways, some have the pin seized in to the center part rotating in the outer part, some the other way around. I even have some where the pin has snapped ie the top half stuck in the outer part and the bottom half stuck in the center! They all still work to some degree but the doors will drop quite badly when fitted. If I can get the original pins out I to make up some new ones.

Carl
C Bintcliffe

I've never done it because I had spares. But drilling them out would be the way to go.
Lawrence Slater

Sent mine to a local engineering place and they were brilliant. Cost me a bottle of whisky because the guy there was a car enthusiast! Mind you, small engineering shops are becoming difficult to find.
aj robinson

I drilled one out. Rather expected it to be hardened steel, but if it was, it wasn't very hard! Drilled it out and replaced with a bit of a 6" round wire nail. Probably should have used some proper steel rod, but the nail happened to be the right diameter. Centre punched to lock it in place to the outer hinge at top and bottom Worked OK.
Guy W

I have at least one pair if not 2 pairs of door hinges I plan to re-bush/re-pin at some time but want to lighten them (by drilling) first. They are on the project list. 'Course I'd rather be fitting some really cool wing vents...
Daniel Stapleton

Carl

Are you still running a 1500 with a fastback top and hill climbing it? Or was I correct in seeing it for sale a few years ago?

Cheers
Mike
M Wood

This thread was discussed between 18/11/2013 and 23/11/2013

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