How To Replace Door Hinge Pins On Chevy Silverado, GMC Trucks, and SUVs
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- How to replace the hinge pins on the door of a 2006 Chevy Silverado truck. This should also work on other models, and on some GMC models too.
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Best door pin replacement video I found. Covers a lot of details.
Best video on the subject, I googled and searched and all I found was loud music, lack of close up of the work, poor explanation, over simplifying the task and bunch of garble. I was tempted to make own video until I found this awesome. Thank you Sir! I wish most youtube videos could be that simple and to the point. Yes, the bushings make absolute sense.
Best tutorial I’ve seen on this repair yet.
literally the best auto video on youtube i think i've seen yet. the shooting, lighting, narration, and editing reminded me of videos from high school auto class. thank you!
Very good video. Stable and focused camera on the job at hand. Thank you.
Excellent and thorough. Every other video fell short of the quality of this one. Great Job Robert!!!
Absolutely agree.. by far the best video on this subject..
My door was really bad, but I’m thankful you posted this video! Back to normal
Pro Tip: If you have a garage, suspend the weight of the door from a rafter using a couple of ratchet straps. Then, you don't have to disconnect any electrical, or, completely remove the door. Just undo the bolts and let the door dangle while you replace the pins.
Excellent idea! Thank you.
I used jack stands set to the right height and a ladder to brace mine. I was dreading the electrical connections so I left them
Cherry picker ? I'm going to try it
Excellent video, one of the best I've seen on ANY subject! Thanks so much for posting it!
Great video, simply explained, easy to see, didn't know about the bushing being too tight either!!! Thank you very much!!!
You're welcome Ed. I'm glad the video was helpful. Good luck with your hinge replacement.
excellent video... Good to know on the bushing not moving. I don't think I would have caught that. Thanks!!
+MiKe B You're welcome MiKe B!
Great video. I learned when re-installing slip the rubber cover over the plastic insert first and then push it in to place. Thanks for the video 👍👍
Dude you nailed this video! Sweet! great work.👌
Thank you!
Best video on this I've seen. Others do not explain seating the new pins. The pins do not always just drop into the hing. They must be snugged down and not too tight as this video shows. Thank you!!
Just what I needed. Thanks for the detailed video.
I have to replace the hinge pins on my 05 silverado and I was rather nervous about doing it. Thanks to this video though, the job went so smooth it was incredible. Thanks my man!
+anna Br , You're welcome! I'm glad the video was helpful to you.
I replaced the pins in my 2002 GMC Sierra. The door is a lot better but it was still low in the back and did not line up correctly. I took a 4 by 4 and a floor jack, Put the 4 by 4 under the flat part on the bottom of the door towards the rear of the truck, closed it as far as I could with the 4x4 underneath, put the floor jack underneath that and jacked it up literally bending the door slightly. that fixed it and now it works as it should.
Such a great explanation video! The best one I’ve seen for this project. Thank you so much!
TY for your video! It helped to see you working and have the tools needed out and ready to use for each step.
I just bought the dorman kit just for the soft brass bushings and I was told that bolts are a longer lasting solution. I just bolted the top hinge position with an M10x1.00 bolt which is a fine thread. They fit perfectly flush inside that bushing. I wont be keeping this truck long enough for a long term test but it tightened up appropriately.
I too, hope for a longer lasting pin kit.
Hey thanks! I need to change mine out again, and I might try your method out. It sure can't be any worse then the last pins that I put in that barely lasted a year.
@@Thebobfactor high quality bushings would be the best find.
Thanks for the excellent video. I was able to do the driver's side front on my 2001 Tahoe inside of a half hour including tool cleanup! Your video was simple and to the point and it made the job super easy.
xcape455 That's great xcape455! I'm glad the video helped out.
Thank you so much for this video. I have very little mechanical experience and this video helped me fix my door in less than 30min. Thanks again.
Well done. Good tip on the final tightening procedure on the nuts.
Thank you!
Well Done!!! After watching your video, I will soon be replacing my hinges.
Great video! Learnt to NOT have the bushings to tight...
my door started sagging so bad on my 99 silverado about 2 days ago so thankful for this video
thank you times a million. I took my door off and completed this within an hour. thanks again you made my sunday not so terrible
Hey that's great Collin. I'm glad the video was helpful and I'm glad you were able to replace the hinge pins.
Thank you for the lesson. Helped me out on my truck!👍
So great I stumbled upon your channel!
Excellent video. Nice pacing. And good information about the wiring and the differences between the top and bottom pins.
Thank you very much youviewme. I appreciate the feedback. I hope the video helped you out! -Bob
Great video. I had to stake the two holes where the lower knurled pin fit because they were worn and about size for size (they spun freely in the holes). Also, the Dorman kit I had used E-clips instead of nuts. I imagine it's cheaper but it would have saved me a trip to the hardware store if they'd have included a couple spare clips!
excellent video, great camera, vocals, and information. refreshing to see truth in the internet. much respect to you and thank you for helping make this job easy for us all.
Thank you very much lizzardracing!!I'm glad the video was helpful to you.
I am going to replace my pins and bushings on my 2003 Tahoe. Thanks for a very good video showing how to do it correctly.
Thanks Jim. And good luck with your door pins replacement.
Great video, very well done, very informative!
Great video Robert; thank you!
very good video, shows step by step very clearly
Did not know about the pins being different . Thanks . And about bushing not moving !
Very good detail thanks , I did understand how to replace it I give you a plus thanks again
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If you have exposed rafters in a garage you can roll down the door window and use a couple ratchet straps to support the door, and eliminate removing the trim panels and disconnecting the wire harnesses for the doors, and save even more time and effort in this small job.
Thank you Matthew. That's a great tip!
i just replaced the driver side front hinge pins on my 2000 GMC Yukon, used 3 ratchet straps and my engine hoist, took a whole 20 minutes, but I am a diesel mechanic at work, and a welder/fabricator part time mechanic at my shop at home too.
Twenty minutes......ya, that's pretty fast! Nice job! It pays to know what you're doing, and also have some good tools & equipment, to get that good at something like that. I didn't use any straps on my Chevy 1/2 ton's door. I was able to lift the door off myself. But, if it had been any heavier, I would have needed to use straps like you did. I also have an engine hoist, but hadn't thought about using it that way. Makes a heck of lot of sense now that think about it though! Awesome idea(s) Matthew. Thank you!
i used a 6-ft a-frame ladder and some rope lol
@@extorter Great idea!
Worked awesome! Video was a huge help! Thanks!
Hey, that's great Toby! I'm glad you were able to replace the hinges. And I really appreciate your feedback.
Great video!
Awesome video and great camera angles!
Thank you Rob!
A darn site better than any other video on this subject
agreed!
Nice video. Two suggestions. One, I inverted the new bushings on the top position of both hinges. The collar on the bushing then acts as a spacer between two metal parts that could otherwise rub on each other. Two, I used an oscillating tool and cut the old pins at the point between the metal bracket welded to the truck and the swinging bracket. The swinging bracket then came right out and I drilled out the metal pins. No banging with a hammer and punch needed at all. I really wanted to avoid bending those brackets. Great tip on not having the bushings moving. Thanks.
thanks for this!
Helpful video thanks man !
+Juice 454_S_s You're welcome! I'm glad it helped out.
I just replaced the hinge pins in my 2004 Silverado. I cut the old pins with a reciprocating saw and metal cutting blade. The pins cut quickly and easily. The pins came out with a hammer and chisel with a little light tapping. I banged on the pins from different angles with the hammer, used the chisel to raise the pin from its mount. The Dorman kit I used required a 13mm and 16mm wrench to seat the new pins. Once I got the new pins mounted I placed the door back on the pins. The door didn't seat on the pins immediately. I went on and off with the door a few times, tightening and loosening the pins. I grabbed the door by the latching end and wiggled it back and forth and the door seated on the pins.
Excellent Daniel! I'm glad you were able to get your 04's pins changed out. And thank's for the information about the process as you were replacing them.
Thanks for the tip!
Wow great video thank you.
Great video.
At 2:26 when I zip disc'ed the bottom of the top pin off, I had a heck of a time getting the pin out. I ended up having to cut the top portion off too and maneuvering it out so I could take it to a vice. Even a punch couldn't get it. This was only on the top pins though. Thanks for the video though, was loads of help.
You're welcome Travis. I'm glad you were able to get the top pins out.
very nice video!!you made it look easy
Thank you Kevin.
Thanks for sharing sir
This was a very helpful video but the stabilizer bar is actually the door check and basically controls the sensor that reads if your door is open or closed.
That's incorrect Oliver. On the 2006 Silverado the sensor that detects whether the door is open, closed, or ajar, is part of the door latch assembly. The stabilizer, or "Door Check", does not have any sensors built into it at all.
Looks a LOT easier than my college car (1980 Chevy Citation). Looks easy enough that I will do it myself this time, too.
Thank you great video
Thanks. I'm glad it was helpful to you!
Very Good Video, Thanks!
Thank you Mike!
That was a great video thank you sir
Thanks BAUTISTA. I'm glad it was helpful to you.
Great 6:13 minute video. To the point and I loved the part about the bushing should not move at 4:50 minutes.
I watched a few much longer replace hinge pins videos and did not get what you showed easily. Not sure why you would have 36 thumbs down on a great video like this. Maybe they do not like red pick-ups.
Hey thanks John. I'm glad the video was helpful to you!
Always amazed watching "mechanics" use a wood hammer to do mechanical jobs..that being said.. very good video very simple and straight forward.
And amazingly the hammer performed the job just as it should. :-) Thanks for the comments Martin. I'm glad you like the video.
grasias It's good video
Great Vid. Thanks! AAA+++
Buen video
Thank you. Good video. I feel like I can do this myself thanks to your detailed help.
What do you do with the door while it is off? I guess laying on soft grass or a blanket?
That would work Joe. I just leaned mine up against the wall. I think I had a pad under it. Good luck with your door pin replacement.
Thanks alot for the video. Can you please post the link where you got your pins from? Will this work with hummer h2 2005?
I'm not at all familiar with the Hummber, so I don't know if it will work. Here is a link to the Dorman pins that I purchased on Amazon for my 2006 Silverado though: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007UT9TYW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Where can you get stabilizer bushing
My question is that I have a 2001 mercury cougar. Need to replace hinge pin. No one sells the hinge pin even the dealership I don't know where I need to get correct one before I start taking things apart. set a JC Whitney but I've seen people having bad reviews of getting the wrong hinge pin. Do u have any advice?
Doug Anderson Try the Dorman 38465 kit. It says for Contour but folks tgat have used it say it also fits your car.
Thanks for sharing. I got the pins on ebay sent to the house the ones with the nuts. Thay where only 15 dollars. On a 1999 silverado thanks .
I have a 99 Chevy 3500 I bought brand new door hinges they bolt on with nuts but how do I get the old hinges off? They look like they're welded on? Unless there is a stud on the opposite side which would mean you would have to take the dash out?
Sorry Dennis. I am not familiar with that style of hinge at all.
u da man
Thanks Doug!
On mine, the previous owner must not've checked the tightness when they replaced the pins. Now I have one bushing that still spins with the nut backed all the way off. I'll see how long it lasts. Thanks
Very helpful. Thank you!
question how do i remove the part connected to the frame do i gotta saw it off its cuz that part bent on a minor car accident
That part is welded on and may be tough to cut off with a saw if that is what you mean. I would image a cutting torch would be needed. I've never removed one though, so I'm not entirely sure.
great video Robert. Thank you. I need to replace mine. This helped out tremendously. How long did it take you to complete?
The entire process probably took around 1-1/2 to 2 hours for each door. It wasn't really as long as I'd expected.
@@ThebobfactorThnx for the response, your video was a great help & I used it as a reference tool as I did mine yesterday. drivers side.start to finish almost 4 hours. The door is Much better now. However, there is a bit of a gap at the top rear corner of the door where the door meets the weatherseal on the cab frame. Can these doors be adjusted(tilted in/out).
Also, is there a bushing kit for the door side where the pin slides through.some of the sloppiness may be coming from there.
@@Hosstyle., no I don't know of any way to adjust the door with this type of setup, other then replacing the entire hinge assemblies. I also haven't heard of any bushings that can be put in on the door side. But I'd wondered the same thing the first time I replaced them too. If you grab the bottom outside corner of the door and lift up and down on it, is there still a lot of movement? The two times that I've replaced these pins on my truck the door was very tight and didn't have much movement at all after the new pins were installed.
The threaded nut style is a lot more expensive than the spring clip style. Do you have any idea which of the 2 kits are better?
Do you need to use the nut style to pull the pins down into place?
Maybe the clip style requires you to hammer them down?
I can't really tell.
Sorry, I've only used the threaded style Jason, so I really can't say which may be better., On the threaded style it did pull the pin into place as I tightened the nut down. And, I have been able to re-adjusted the pins as they wear in. I don't think you would be able to do that with the spring clip type.
Robert Hosea That is a good reason to get the nut style kit. How are your new hinge bushings wearing out so fast? I figure they should last 15 years. lol
Did you add grease to the moving parts?
I did add a small amount of lithium grease to the moving parts. The pins are actually holding up pretty good. The only reason that I adjusted them (and just the one time) was due to a small clicking sound that I could hear while driving on bumpy dirt roads. The clicking sound totally disappeared after I tightened the nuts just a small amount. It didn't take much either. And I made sure that the bushings didn't move at all after I tightened the nuts too.
I'm having to slam my truck door to get it to close will this fix that problem? 2001 Silverado
If the pins are so worn out that the door is sagging, then that could make a difference on how it closes. Open the door up and then pick up and down on the outside of the door. If the door moves up and down a lot without moving the truck, then the pins are worn. My pins were so worn that I could lift my door a couple of inches on the end that I was grabbing.
How do I know if I need to replace them? Also I have a 2000 Cadillac Escalade, since it's still GM, the process shouldn't be too different, right?
On my Chevy I could hear a rattling in the area of the pins when driving on rough roads. You can also check the pins by opening the door and then lifting up on the end of the door to see if there is any play in the pins. If there's any play at all in them, then they are probably getting pretty worn. I'm not sure what the pins are like on a Cadillac, so I don't know how similar they would be.
The Piano Man I did it on an 02 escalade and the process was identical to this
If you have to pick the door up to get it to latch it's time for pin replacement! On my GMC I can lift the door a little bit and it's hitting the latch pin so I know what the next little project is!
My door don’t shut good when I close it doesn’t close but if I lift up my door then it closes could that be if the bushings are bad???
Nvm I just read ☝️ his comment up there
Do you have to cut the old ones out? Or can they be driven out with a hammer?
They had to be cut out.
how do you remove rear door on 2002 sierra p/up 1500
Shirley, on my 2006 Silverado shown in this video, the rear door hinges and pins are almost exactly the same as the front ones. So it would be the same process shown in this video. Are the hinges/pins on your Sierra anything like the Silverado's?
do the 3 nuts have to be torqued down?
I couldn't find the torque specs on those three bolts when I replaced the pins. I just snugged them down good. They've never come loose at all.
Greetings it might be nice to post the part numbers used
Virtually the same on the drivers side? I plan on doing this tomorrow
Yes Toby, I used the exact same method on the driver's side door without any problems.
Why is there only one flat washer included in pin/bushing kits for each hinge? Every set I see on Rock Auto has one washer per hinge. Where does it belong?
I'm not sure why there would be only one per package. The Dorman brand that I used had two flat washers in each package; one for each pin.
Does the door side have bushings?
No, it doesn't have any bushings. Just the two shown in the video on the truck frame side (per hinge).
Works on 02 escalade if anyone is wondering.
Thanks Matt.
Robert Hosea thank you for the video it was very helpful
What was your dorman part number?
It is a Dorman 38453. Here's a link to where I purchased it on Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007UT9TYW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
What's the part number for the kit?
Dorman 38453 Door Hinge Pin and Bushing Kit
Dremel or oscillating tool works far better than a sawzall in my opinion.
Yes, they work well too.
Robert Hosea Haha, some people are probably far more skilled than I am with a sawzall. I tried it, but I bounced a little and put a small nick in my fender. Said NOPE, and went to Lowes and bought a Dremel 10 minutes later.
Oh ya, I sure hear you on that. I came close to the fender a couple times with the reciprocating saw when I replaced the pins. But, I do have a Dremel now though. So, if I ever replace the pins again I will most definitely be using that.
It's called a "fender". Quarter panels are on cars.
So true.
Ahem!!! A CARPENTERS hammer?? :( But really, it's a nice job on the video though!
Andork Kuomo Haha....I'd like to say that being a carpenter is my second trade...but it's not. I'm an electrician. Thanks very much for the complement on the video though I appreciate it. :-)
Is it just me or do the dorman pins need replaced every 5 months?
Hi 2fun2beme. The set of Dorman pins I put in in this video lasted until October of 2019, but I should have changed them out about a year earlier. I got a little over three years out of them, but I think I got lucky. The set of pins that I replaced them with are made by LEDAUT, and they really suck. So don't get that brand. They wore out in less then a year. So I'll be changing them out again real soon. It would be nice to find something different that will actually last for a while. Let me know if you come across anything that sounds promising.
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using a steel hammer on those bushings is not a good idea.
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NO I DONT WANT A METAL ROOF!!!
do you have a video for the extended cab hinge pins I have a 2006 Silverado LS that is actually called a crew cab i believe. Its not a true 4 door extended cab. Anyways...both of those doors have sagged, while the main doors are still fine. I can't seem to find any videos on the extended cab doors.
I'm afraid I don't have a video that covers a crew cab. I just bought hinge pins for the rear doors on my 4-door cab, and I will do a video on that, but I doubt it will be the same as your crew cab doors.
@@Thebobfactor ok thanks for the reply. I will have to take a closer look at my ext cab doors. I have a feeling that based on what you showed in this video, the ext cab doors shouldn't be that much different to get the job done.