I used the Scott Drake kit and was sort of disappointed.  The new pins they include were soft enough that little buggers of metal rolled up and jammed things up when I pushed the new pins in.  I ended up using the  new rollers, springs, and hold open detent from the kit and the old pins.  Maybe I'm the only one that has had that problem but I was pretty soured.

Taking the hinges apart is not bad once you know the easy way to pull the pins.  I wasn't smart enough to figure it out on my own but MS bailed me out.  It's sort of long winded to 'splain so I won't unless you don't already know how.

I did make a spring compression tool which I have loaned out to one of the gang here and got decent feed-back.  I'll be happy to shoot it to you Josh, if you want.

BB



 

Got mine from Glenn and Steve. Worked good....great guyz to deal with
ps...sent what I needed by mail!!
6s6

Since I had all of the required material I rolled my own using Steve's method.
 Simple, effective and surely will out last the car.
 You can't go wrong with the Big Kahuna's upgrade kit for 70 bucks if you don't have access to machinery and the raw materials.
 I think he also has the bushings if you only  want to rebuild the old ones. 


 

Last edited by Rudi (1/07/2016 9:50 AM)

Yeah, and the car I’m working on is a 65 so, no bueno on steve’s hinges.....

On the 65-67 cast steel hinges, you can easily drill the side of the main hinge body and tap it for a grease zerk that will let you force feed grease to the bushings without making an external mess.  Be sure to lube the roller detent internally before installing it. 
Like Bullet said, if you need some advice on getting the old roller pins out easily, just ask.

National Parts Depot has a roller bearing kit with grease (zerk) fittings making the door hinges now easily internally greasable. That's about the best set out there, but it's not cheap at $119. But the kit does all 4 doors. Here's the NPD part number for a 65/66: 22810-3AK