Ball Tip Door Hinge Removal

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Ball tip door hinge removal.

I would think all i do is bang on the bottom of the pin through the hole using some kind of pin popper allen wrench nail whatever. To remove a door hinge pin start by making sure you have a hammer a screwdriver and a nail punch or nail set. I can t use a nail to drive the pin up through the hinge because the bottom cap is too big to fit through the hing in. The hinge pin has a cap on both top and bottom the caps are attached.

Second the hinges don t look like the one on my door. Tips on easily removing the pins from door hinges. So why would you want to remove hinge pins in the first place. None of that video helps me.

The exposed tip of the pin was either in the shape of a sphere which was called a ball tip or had a fancy turned shaped called a finial tip. It seems simple to remove a door from the doorjamb you pull the pin and lift the door off its hinges. The challenge comes when homeowners have painted over the door hinge leaving layers of paint accumulating over the pin or when rust builds up around the steel pin locking it in place. First the door isn t stuck closed it won t close the bottom drags on the floor before it can get to a closed position.

Next lodge a book under the door to keep it from toppling over while you unpin it. But the pin ain t budging. This is a ball bearing hinge with a bottom cap that has a hole in it. The hinge is debossed with door mfr name trustile but i doubt they make their own hinges.

The hinges on. Complete home hardware offers both ball tips and steeple tips for our oil rubbed bronze and satin nickel interior and exterior residential hinges used on both architectural hinges and standard 3 5 interior and 4 exterior residential hinges ball tips and steeple tip finials enhance your homes door hardware and accent the door lever handles and doorknobs and pulls throughout your home.