June 10, 200818 yr comment_252158 hey I'm am currently restoring my 1971 ke20 SL corolla, so far all is going well just need to know if anyone has had there hinges repinned? Report
June 10, 200818 yr comment_252184 where you from mate? there are little brass bushes on the hinges that wear, so you need to replace these, the pins are usually good when i was looking for my ke70 early ford and holden spares in loganholme could do the kits, but they were expensive...so i ended up drilling out the pins and putting a allen key head bolt through...hardly the sort of thing you would do on a correct resto... cheers, andrew Report
June 10, 200818 yr comment_252286 my mate got his hinges reco'd for his ke20 - cost a small fortune though. Report
June 11, 200818 yr comment_252376 Andrew/Jono, I'd be keen on prices. Sadly my KE25 is in need of this treatment. I'd like to know a rough price range that I should expect. Report
June 11, 200818 yr comment_252388 I'm convinced they came out of the factory with about an inch of slop. Report
June 11, 200818 yr comment_252400 drop into that ford and holden early spares over the highway from the hyperdome jon and have a chat, i can remember but it was alot more than i was going to pay on my old rust bucket, ill probably be doing it with the new car when i get to that point... Report
June 14, 200818 yr comment_253289 hey I'm am currently restoring my 1971 ke20 SL corolla, so far all is going well just need to know if anyone has had there hinges repinned? hey I'm new to the club and am in melb that was the first question i asked. there a guy in QLD whos a fitter and he offered to re do mine for a good cheap price. I'm gonna give it a go this week and i let you know how it goes. he use nolathene bushes in em . ill keep u posted Report
June 15, 200818 yr comment_253312 wont nolathene wear out rather quick? wheres this bush for? is it the bush around the pin or something different? cheers, andrew Report
June 15, 200818 yr comment_253341 wont nolathene wear out rather quick?wheres this bush for? is it the bush around the pin or something different? cheers, andrew Hi I'm the fella doing the re-bushing. Ke10 hinges are cast steel with a large bearing area in the centre of the hinge perfect to have a full length bush inserted .The pin is a press fit in the shorter outer half's of the hinge & pivots in the longer centre section about 50mm .The original set-up used two small plastic bushes top & bottom of the middle section about 10mm long I put a full length bush made out of simular material as original. Later model hinges are pressed steel with only a small bearing area the steel plate is punched down to increase the plates thickness usually by about half but still only about 5-8mm bearing area sometimes a longer bush is also put in about 10mm long it has to be made of a bronze material because it doesn't have any support along it's full length only where it goes through the steel plate. I can re- bush both & do it same as origional or in the case of the ke10 maybe a little bit stronger . I'm not doing this as a business I sent a PM to help out a Fellow ke10 owner :lolcry: Report
June 17, 200818 yr comment_253925 hey I'm am currently restoring my 1971 ke20 SL corolla, so far all is going well just need to know if anyone has had there hinges repinned? i had my ke25 hinge's repinned +rebushed for about $80 modifying ford ones Report
June 27, 200818 yr comment_256431 I'm convinced they came out of the factory with about an inch of slop. Lol, my drivers door does that. It makes a hell of a creak when I try to close it as well. (although I think that is the bottom of the door jamming not the hinge) Report
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