MoperDan
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I looking for 69 Sport Fury door hinges or rebuild kits and I'm having trouble finding anything. How have you dealt with bad hinges?
Door Hinges
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Mopar Leo on A and B Body sites my be able to help. MOPAR DOOR HINGE RESTORATION SERVICES FOR MEMBERS A-B & E BODY
65CopCar
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What do they look like? I have extra pins and bushings when I did my 65 fury hinges. Even did a spare set that will sell at some point. They were not that hard to do.
MoperDan
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I can do hinges, I did my b body. I only have the original ones on my Fury. I don't know if b body pins and bushings will work or any other options are available. I would prefer not to experiment on the only set I have
Without any disassembly, might an inexpensive digital caliper from Harbor Freight be a decent way to measure the ID and OD of the bushings, the OD of the pins, and the length of the pins?
In the realm of GM/Chevy parts, we dealt with hinge pins and bushings on pickup trucks ALL of the time. I never did measure them, but the OD of the pins all looked to be pretty much the same. It would not surprise me if the Mopar items might even be the same OD, with similar bushings.
ONE thing I did figure out, though, is that most people, when they open a door from the inside, FIRST push down on the armrest with their elbow! Kind of a reflex action as we want to push the door open. Which wears the hinges out in the process, sooner than later. It takes a bit of behavior modification, but if you just push out laterally with your elbow, rather than "putting your weight behind pushing down and then out", even the GM items do NOT wear nearly as quickly.
SAME thing when one approaches a hinged building door with a crossbar on it. As we walk up to a door that we suspect might be harder to open, we tend to hunker down, push down on that crossbar and then push the door open as we walk through the portal. With the lower crossbar location (not being in the vertical middle of the door), it tends to happen that way, moreso. Rather, just walk up to the door and push it horizontally with NO "pushing down" action. Works just as well!
KEY thing is to only use HORIZONTAL force to open door with.
Just some thoughts and experiences,
CBODY67
In the realm of GM/Chevy parts, we dealt with hinge pins and bushings on pickup trucks ALL of the time. I never did measure them, but the OD of the pins all looked to be pretty much the same. It would not surprise me if the Mopar items might even be the same OD, with similar bushings.
ONE thing I did figure out, though, is that most people, when they open a door from the inside, FIRST push down on the armrest with their elbow! Kind of a reflex action as we want to push the door open. Which wears the hinges out in the process, sooner than later. It takes a bit of behavior modification, but if you just push out laterally with your elbow, rather than "putting your weight behind pushing down and then out", even the GM items do NOT wear nearly as quickly.
SAME thing when one approaches a hinged building door with a crossbar on it. As we walk up to a door that we suspect might be harder to open, we tend to hunker down, push down on that crossbar and then push the door open as we walk through the portal. With the lower crossbar location (not being in the vertical middle of the door), it tends to happen that way, moreso. Rather, just walk up to the door and push it horizontally with NO "pushing down" action. Works just as well!
KEY thing is to only use HORIZONTAL force to open door with.
Just some thoughts and experiences,
CBODY67
From a 2022 Post: This member says he is making C-body hinge repair kits.
SOLD - 1965 - 1969 Mopar C Body Hinge Stop Arm Repair Kit Chrysler Dodge Imperial Plymouth
I've also seen them on eBay but these look to be just a pin and plastic washer.
SOLD - 1965 - 1969 Mopar C Body Hinge Stop Arm Repair Kit Chrysler Dodge Imperial Plymouth
I've also seen them on eBay but these look to be just a pin and plastic washer.
I installed those pins and rollers from @danno54 and really appreciate how they upgraded my hinges.
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I was in the REM Auto website (www.remautoinc.com) and clicked on their links page.
Went to the link for Layson's and found an aftermarket door hinge pin/bushing kit for a 1970 C-body listing. Not sure how accurate the heads of the hinge pins are, but they have them.
CBODY67
Went to the link for Layson's and found an aftermarket door hinge pin/bushing kit for a 1970 C-body listing. Not sure how accurate the heads of the hinge pins are, but they have them.
CBODY67
plumcrazy
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Looking to see if the upper and lower door hinges have part numbers stamped in them as I'm trying to find if they interchange with other C bodies. I have the 67 part numbers from my parts book but with the hinges still in the car I can't see the part numbers so not sure where to look for these numbers.
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