1968 Chrysler 300 Driver Door Hinge - Door check

Andrew Ryan

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I've misplaced my chrysler repair manual. My driver Door check stopped working. I see plenty of hinge replacements for sale but the hinges are fine. 1) is there a repair available? I'm guessing it's a spring. 2) does the hinge need to be removed to repair the door check?
 
I've misplaced my chrysler repair manual. My driver Door check stopped working. I see plenty of hinge replacements for sale but the hinges are fine. 1) is there a repair available? I'm guessing it's a spring. 2) does the hinge need to be removed to repair the door check?
I don't know what your missing, my 67-300 was missing spring and roller. I found some one on this site with hinges for sale, and after about three tries and eight hours I was a winner. I didn't try to take the hinges off, I just worked in the gap and replaced the pieces, and it was hell! Good luck. Hope someone can be of more help.
 
I can't see the back or inside of the hinge to able to tell.
The link the spring attaches to is very visible, in plain sight, as they say. The roller it contacts is on a separate pin, also in plain sight. Usually on the lower hinge, IIRC.

Enjoy!
CBODY67
 
Is the spring gone?
No the spring is still there.

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The link the spring attaches to is very visible, in plain sight, as they say. The roller it contacts is on a separate pin, also in plain sight. Usually on the lower hinge, IIRC.

Enjoy!
CBODY67
I think the pin for the roller may be the issue
 
Yup, looks like the roll pin has failed.
I rebuilt my hinges recently- all just hardware store parts.
A mirror on a stick is useful, along with a bright flashlight. Hopefully the roller is still there and just one end of the roll pin has sheared/rusted away. If not, I made a new roller from the shank of a bolt, drilled it through and installed it with a new roll pin. Details on my '66 Fury thread.
 
Yes. The rolled pin failed and fortunately the roller stayed in the door so I should be able to repair this. The local hardware store didn't have what I need but it's a pretty normal size.

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I had a bad hinge roller and now they're stainless with needle bearings and stainless tubes for the bearings to roll on. The roll pins go through the tubes. The doors are on and they are real smooth and work great. It might be overkill for this fix, but I like it.

In the middle of this video you'll see how the repair was made. The pictures are from the video. The small washer I use on the bottom keeps the bearing and roller from touching the hinge and holds grease. I hope it's the last time I have to make this repair. I had to fix one of the hinges in 1991, the last time I had the car apart for a repaint.







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Thanks, the car is going to my son then on down the line. I told my son it might not be a very nice car until I’m done with it, I want to put A LOT more miles on it than the dollars spent to build it. The last thing I built (for myself) had over 350,000 miles on it when I sold it. I’m hoping I live long enough to put at least half of that on this car . It will be driven probably 10,000 miles a year or more.
 
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