Door hinge pin and bushing replacement

It looks like there will be several of us who may be interested in replacing our door hinge pin and bushings at the tech session this Saturday. I thought it might've become optional for me (see my DO'H! thread), but it turns out with closer inspection that the bushings in my driver's door upper hinge are in real bad shape.

Here's several helpful sites and/or threads from PFF with pertinent info to make the process easier for all of us.

The Fiero Door Hinge

Adorable Doors

Door hinge repairs with tips, hints & pics

Videos by Buddy Craigg - 1of3 * 2of3 * 3of3

You'll notice there's more than one way to do the job as some people like to unbolt the hinges and do one hinge at a time while others prefer to suspend and/or support the door and do both hinges at once (which negates having to remove the interior door panel and unbolt either of the hinges).

With a number of us at the tech session helping each other out, I believe the latter method would be the best one for us to follow.

Romeo wrote: Mine are very creaky, as well as exceptionally stiff. Would that just be a lack of grease would you think? Or should I be considering new bushings/pins too?

Depends. Does your door sag? When your door is open and you grab the end of the door, can you "clank" it up and down?

If your door doesn't sag and there's no extra play and you can't make it "clank" or "clunk" up and down, then all you probably need is some lubrication on your bushings.

However...

It's possible if your doors are "groaning" that the door hinge roller assembly is worn out. (That's something different than the pins and bushings.) Have a look Here at what Rodney sells.