How To Install Door Hinge Pins

Slide the hinge pins into place and remove the blocks from the door.

How to install door hinge pins.

To seat the serration into the hinge just get out your socket again and place it over the point of the pin. Put the flat end of the nail against the pin and tap it up with the hammer. Force the pin up from the door hinge. Knock the pin back into the hole using a solid base to rest on if the pin is slightly longer allow for the difference to let the bolt seat fully home.

Continue to tap it up gradually increasing the force until the pin is finally lodged upwards. Once the pins are out knock the brass cups out of the hinge and clean inside the bore. Top hinge set of pics. With most doors this process does not go smoothly.

This will allow you to press the pin in that last little bit getting it seated fully into the hinge. The pins have a serration under the head and this holds the pin tightly in the hinge. Slide the pin back into the hinge. Connect the door to the jamb.

Taking a hammer and your nail punch gently ram the pin upwards. Hold the door in place using blocks under the bottom to support it if necessary. Insert the hinge pin into the hole in the stopper assembly from above so that the shank of the pin extends below the assembly. The fit is tight and it will likely require some force to complete the installation.

Line up the two hinge plates so that the ones on the door match the ones in the jamb.