![]() ![]() The next thing to look for, is if the hole is oblong or egg-shaped or not. Can you see a cracked/worn/missing/misshapen bushing in there? These usually only lasted a couple of years, so likely it is so. Look at where the pins go through the hinge. S-10s/Jimmys are notoriously bad on hinge pin bushings and hinges, and after a while, will droop slightly. The first thing you need to do is to check the hinge pin bushings to see how worn they are. you will need a spring tool, you may rent one at auto parts store. the wires will still run through door, pull door away from body a little to allow room to work.remove the spring, it will fall out as you remove pins, remove old bushings, clean hinge area and holes,next install new bushings, apply lube to holes for pins and on bushings, slide door back on frame hinges and install pins, next slide lock washers on pins to hold pins. have somone help you, they will hold door on stands. put jack stands under door with cloth to avoid scratching door.this is to hold door when pins are removed. i have gotten good at welding the holes and filing them back to shape but this takes skill or hole will be wrong and bushing will not fit or line up. this is where is get costly, the hinges now need replacing. if hinge hole is egg shaped the new bushings will not last. When the pins and bushings get so bad that the bushing is worn out and then the pins are now wearing into the hinge hole itself then this get tricky. Over time the pins and bushings wear out ,making door hard to open and close. each hinge has one pin and two copper bushings top go into hinge. also note where the copper bushings sit in hinges. see if they go from top to bottom or from bottom to top. to the way the hinges sit inside each other and the way the pins go in. When the upper and lower pins are removed the door will come away from body, it is important that before you remove the pins you take a look at the hinges. There are two hinges that hold the door to body. The hardest part is going to be to reinstall the spring on the lower hinge arm.
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