Re: Who restores hinges for a respectable price?
[Re: cdp]
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Re: Who restores hinges for a respectable price?
[Re: fluegelmeister]
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05/12/08 07:33 AM
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ID USE RESTO RICK,i was SMS' 1st customer with my 68 rr hinges, very fast turn around ,gave them my steering column last year and it took forever to get it back.
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Re: Who restores hinges for a respectable price?
[Re: NITROUSN]
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05/12/08 01:42 PM
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Need to restore my 69-b-body hinges. Who is reliable and competitive?
Thanks
CDP
Took me about 1 hour with resto ricks kit. Get the drill and reamer.
We are talking door hinges here, right?
That's what I was thinking, I would never "send them out" for something I could do in a hour or so.  I'm sure resto Rick would do a good job, but the pins and bushings can be bought at any auto parts store anywhere. No big deal if you ask me.
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Re: Who restores hinges for a respectable price?
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05/12/08 02:29 PM
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Thanks for all the kind words!
I'm not sure if the original poster was inquiring about hood or door hinges.
On the door hinges I have a couple points to add...
my kits have pins & bushings for the top hinge.
For the lowers, an oversized pin to allow the hinge to be reamed oversize. (Reamers available as well.)
Also included are new "S" springs which you won't find at a local parts store that I'm aware of.
Below is a picture of a pin & wavy washer that I'll be offering separately soon as well....
this is for replacing the detent roller pins & wavy washers. On more severely worn out hinges, often the pin becomes worn and allows the roller to move around. This will cause the S-spring to ride up against the pin head and messes up the detent feature. (These are what hold the door in the 2 different open positions and keeps it from swinging back closed.)
Also, the wavy washer sometimes is corroded, missing or failing, which leaves the roller loose.
I don't do a ton of door hinge rebuilds because as mentioned, it is quite easy and hence the pin kit I sell. For door hinges where the detent rollers are in poor shape, I'm getting sets to do.
For repairing these, the new pins have to be spot welded in place.
Rick
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Re: Who restores hinges for a respectable price?
[Re: dart_sportsatellite]
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05/12/08 02:42 PM
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RestoRicks products are second to none so I can imagine his componet restoration has the same level of quality. I've personally never had him restore hinges for me. That being said..... I give a giant  two thumbs up to Sylvain at SMS... Great product with a fast turn around and a reasonable price. The hinges, both hood and door come back looking and working like brand new.
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Re: Who restores hinges for a respectable price?
[Re: anlauto]
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05/12/08 10:08 PM
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Sorry, Yep door hinges. My car is an A12. Hood hinges didn't come to mind. I thought I saw repair kits somewhere. Coulnd't remember where. I'll get ahold of Rick and pick up some more undercoat as well. I think with the parts, I can do it myself.
My rollers and pin need replaced. Thats what I'm really after, but will probably restore them top to bottom.
Thanks
Chris
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Re: Who restores hinges for a respectable price?
[Re: cdp]
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06/30/08 11:56 AM
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Edit: Nevermind, looks like my link is not there anymore. I have that page saved somewhere. I'll have to find it. Try this: http://www.lamopar.com/How%20To's/Door%20Hinges/index1.htmSeems like a pretty god step by step rebuild.
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Re: Who restores hinges for a respectable price?
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07/01/08 09:23 AM
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Thanks for all the kind words!
I'm not sure if the original poster was inquiring about hood or door hinges.
On the door hinges I have a couple points to add...
my kits have pins & bushings for the top hinge.
For the lowers, an oversized pin to allow the hinge to be reamed oversize. (Reamers available as well.)
Also included are new "S" springs which you won't find at a local parts store that I'm aware of.
Below is a picture of a pin & wavy washer that I'll be offering separately soon as well....
this is for replacing the detent roller pins & wavy washers. On more severely worn out hinges, often the pin becomes worn and allows the roller to move around. This will cause the S-spring to ride up against the pin head and messes up the detent feature. (These are what hold the door in the 2 different open positions and keeps it from swinging back closed.)
Also, the wavy washer sometimes is corroded, missing or failing, which leaves the roller loose.
I don't do a ton of door hinge rebuilds because as mentioned, it is quite easy and hence the pin kit I sell. For door hinges where the detent rollers are in poor shape, I'm getting sets to do.
For repairing these, the new pins have to be spot welded in place.
Rick
A big thumbs up to you Rick. I used the kit and it worked like a charm. Thank's for the quick turn around on the parts. Kirk
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