Ball Tip Door Hinge Removal

Whether your door has a ball tip hinge pin or the more elaborate finial style most of them can be removed the same way.

Ball tip door hinge removal. This is a ball bearing hinge with a bottom cap that has a hole in it. 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. 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.

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. Hinge pins are designed for quick removal and they usually slip out easily when you re working with newer doors and hardware. It seems simple to remove a door from the doorjamb you pull the pin and lift the door off its hinges.

But the pin ain t budging. The hinge pin has a cap on both top and bottom the caps are attached. So why would you want to remove hinge pins in the first place. The hinges on.

Tips on easily removing the pins from door hinges. 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. Second the hinges don t look like the one on my door. 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.

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