Updating door hinges for the M

[sonnylad]

I recently started to refurbish some door hinges and have decided to add grease nipples for future maintenance and longevity.

Idea is to fit hinge without door and check clearance is ok, if it will not close properly then nipple can be removed and hole sealed with a grub screw, then yearly just replace grease nipple for topping up.

What do you think has anyone ever done a similar thing ?

[Astacus]

sonnylad said:

I recently started to refurbish some door hinges and have decided to add grease nipples for future maintenance and longevity.

Idea is to fit hinge without door and check clearance is ok, if it will not close properly then nipple can be removed and hole sealed with a grub screw, then yearly just replace grease nipple for topping up.

What do you think has anyone ever done a similar thing ?

Pretty sure this has been tried in the dim past, but I can't recall by whom. I think it might have been Adrian@. I seem to recall some one did a set with the grease nipple on top of the pin, but that is quite complicated.

Thats a really nice looking hinge by the way. Did you anodise it or is it just painted? Adrian rebuilt mine a couple of years ago and it really does make setting the doors much much easier!!

[catfishdb]

I was thinking along the grease nipple lines but opted to bore out the pin hole to a larger diameter and fit a bronze bushing. The biggest issue I see with the hinge set-up is the steel pin scoring the aluminum housing. The grease nipple should sort that out if you are able to get it fitted and have it be clear of obstruction while opening and closing.

Now if I can only find a picture of the bushed hinge I had made.

Arthur

[Dollyman1850]

Adrian sells them all properly done bored out, glacier bearings and silver steel / stainless pins I really don't know how he does them for the relatively cheap price he does them for.
A grease nipple doesn't really do all that much... Nothing that a small periodic drop of 3 in 1 on the hinge top in situ wouldn't do anyway..Plus if the hinge has an enlarged bore which is the most common type of wear to be found then the only remedy is to bore larger to take up wear then either use a larger pin or bush back down. Bushes always better since they become sacrificial and prevent the contact of the pin against the Aluminium...


N.

Edited by Dollyman1850 on Wednesday 13th June 07:27

[GAjon]

I got mine bored, pinned and sleeved at a machine shop I know, and Neil’s correct, I could have got exchange units from Adrian cheaper and better.

I’ve come to the conclusion a roll of barbed wire across the top of the window frame would increase the longevity of the hinges, stopping people, me included, from leaning on the bloody doors when looking or getting in the car!

[sonnylad]

Dollyman1850 said:

Adrian sells them all properly done bored out, glacier bearings and silver steel / stainless pins I really don't know how he does them for the relatively cheap price he does them for.
A grease nipple doesn't really do all that much... Nothing that a small periodic drop of 3 in 1 on the hinge top in situ wouldn't do anyway..Plus if the hinge has an enlarged bore which is the most common type of wear to be found then the only remedy is to bore larger to take up wear then either use a larger pin or bush back down. Bushes always better since they become sacrificial and prevent the contact of the pin against the Aluminium...


N.

Edited by Dollyman1850 on Wednesday 13th June 07:27

There was a lot of wear so i also redrilled and fitted a larger pin

[plasticpig72]

If they are hard anodised there will be no wear problem but the process is not cheap
Alan