News:

The ORG - No back-slapping boys club!

Main Menu

Door Hinges

Started by marku, 29 April 2018, 10:42 AM

marku

Got a seized door hinge absolutely solid. No idea why worked OK last time. Any tips on freeing it? Can the pin be driven out or must it be pressed?
1974 450SE silver green/bamboo velour/green vinyl roof

Harv

Are you sure it is the hinge and not the check strap? Sometimes those rollers break and get stuck.

Kent has a video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ncYY73EVVs

1980 300SD
1983 240D
2000 E55 AMG
2002 G500

rumb

I purchased some bronze bushings intending the rebuild some hinges.  if you support the bottom closely around the pin, you can press them out. they are very tight.  if you dont support correctly you will bend the entire hinge and ruin it.

once the pin is out you will find that it is just as worn as the bushing, and since they dont sell pins, a worn out hinge is worthless.

There is a grease fitting on the hinge, you need a pointed rubber tip on your grease gun to force grease in the hole.

hinges are NLA, so try and find some good used ones. you can also purchase new grease fittings.
'68 250S
'77 6.9 Euro
'91 300SE,
'98 SL500
'14 CLS550,
'16 AMG GTS
'21 E450 Cabrio

daantjie

My money is on check strap too but good tip on greasing the hinge. Very satisfying to see that old black grease being forced out by fresh grease ;)
Daniel
1977 450 SEL 6.9 - Astralsilber

Harv

Check PM. I have both hinges and door check straps.
1980 300SD
1983 240D
2000 E55 AMG
2002 G500

marku

Thanks for the advice. It is the hinge because I took it off and it is absolutely solid. Got a bit of movement by heating it but couldn't get it free. Couldn't drive the pin out either but there does't seem much point if it is just worn out. Its the LH front bottom perhaps I never noticed it much before as probably the weight of the door helped. It is a surprise that they last so long I wouldn't think its been greased for 30 years. The grease points on all the hinges were well painted over.
1974 450SE silver green/bamboo velour/green vinyl roof

ptashek

I'm using "Normfest High Press Spray Grease" to keep all Goldies hinges (door and otherwise) lubricated.
It's a spray-on grease, which initially has WD40-like properties in that it penetrates all nooks and crannies and then, unlike WD40, thickens to a grease film.
Repels water and doesn't attract dirt, which is a nice bonus on a car.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

marku

Never heard of it is it local?
1974 450SE silver green/bamboo velour/green vinyl roof

floyd111

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Normfest-2894-445-1-High-Press-High-Pressure-Adhesive-Grease-400ml-Lubricant-/351975090174

Since it's a spray, no courier will allow shipping, unless it's land-transport, or you hide it in a parcel with non-sprays.

ptashek

Quote from: floyd111 on 01 May 2018, 06:01 PM
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Normfest-2894-445-1-High-Press-High-Pressure-Adhesive-Grease-400ml-Lubricant-/351975090174

Since it's a spray, no courier will allow shipping, unless it's land-transport, or you hide it in a parcel with non-sprays.

So the theory goes. Practice looks entirely different. Same goes for stuff with lithium batteries in it.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

ptashek

Quote from: marku on 01 May 2018, 10:28 AM
Never heard of it is it local?

They're German, but have resellers all over Europe. I think eurocarparts carries a selection of their products.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

marku

OK thanks will take  it up.
1974 450SE silver green/bamboo velour/green vinyl roof

floyd111

Quote from: ptashek on 02 May 2018, 02:22 AM
Quote from: floyd111 on 01 May 2018, 06:01 PM
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Normfest-2894-445-1-High-Press-High-Pressure-Adhesive-Grease-400ml-Lubricant-/351975090174

Since it's a spray, no courier will allow shipping, unless it's land-transport, or you hide it in a parcel with non-sprays.

So the theory goes. Practice looks entirely different. Same goes for stuff with lithium batteries in it.

I have tried and failed to ship sprays 100% of then time over these last 5 years or so. . I hope others must have done better then that, but haven't seen much  proof from where I am at. Have not encountered battery issues or customs questions myself, so I can't judge that one. Are mail services supposed to decline all items with batteries great and small these days?

marku

Europarts stocks it here and its price includes delivery. I regularly get  cellulose paints and thinners by carrier and the packages are marked flammable so apparently the authorities don't care what happens to us. Did have one driver who we have regularly complain that a package, not for us, unmarked had burst open containing several large aerosols. His complaint was that it was dangerous but there appear to be no regulations here covering the transport of such items. Either that or no one pays any attention to them.
1974 450SE silver green/bamboo velour/green vinyl roof