Taking Doors Off - HELP
 

What is the best hinge pin tool?

Mac's tool V46335pull
or
Snyders tool A-46335-T

OR is it easier to take off the door hinge to body screws.

BOTH door hinge pins and body screws are rusty. I am soaking them with Kroil Oil.

Thanks for any advice on getting the doors off.

Re: Taking Doors Off - HELP
 

I would go with the Snyder style tool. I had some very stuck pins and I soaked them for a couple of weeks before trying to remove the pins. It was still a bugger with the heavier duty tool. I actually purchased mine from Berts in Denver and don't remember paying that much for it.

Re: Taking Doors Off - HELP
 

Did you add any heat to them before spraying them? Or did you add heat as you were taking them off with the tool?

Re: Taking Doors Off - HELP
 

My car was already painted and I was only adding mirrors. I didn't want to ruin any of the paint so I did the whole process cold.

Re: Taking Doors Off - HELP
 

Thanks Greg! Anyone else have some advice?

Re: Taking Doors Off - HELP
 

I unscrewed all my sedan hinges (partly because the screw heads were ugly-looking from previous owners trying unsuccessfully to remove them). It took a combination of Kroil, an impact wrench with a screwdriver blade, and ithe "blue wrench" (an oxy-sctelyene torch) to get them all out. Taking out the hinge pins was a bit easier when the doors were on the workbench. I used a nicely-made C-clamp style tool that I got at a swap meet.

Also, for the S/W sedan, finding correct replacement screws and washers was not trivial.

Doug

Re: Taking Doors Off - HELP
 

Doug, I thought that blue wrench might make things go better. :-) Thanks for the advice.

Re: Taking Doors Off - HELP
 

I've never welded anything with my torch (one of those portable mini-sets from Lowes or HD), but it has been incredibly useful for loosening things and brazing.

Doug