Remove Door Hinge Spring

Removing the door 1.

Remove door hinge spring.

Force the pin up from the door hinge. Lodge a book underneath the door for support. Shows to remove the hinges from the a self closing door. Spring loaded door hinges are very powerful and could do a great deal of damage.

Simply spray the lubricant into the gaps under the hinge cap the hinge bottom and each of the hinge gaps. Spring loaded hinge pin remover i ve messed up the trim around my doors a number of times by using a screwdriver and a hammer to pound out stubborn door hinge pins. You re going to be destabilizing your door so it s really important. I now use my spring loaded nail set to do the job with perfect results.

Use a pliers to remove the plate covering the hinges in order to easily remove the screws. It takes about three shots and the pin is out. You must remove the entire hinge to negate the spring loading action of the door. Step 1 open the hinge most spring loaded door hinges have a cover plate that hides the mechanism and the hardware.

Use a door stop. Then remove the pin using pliers. How to disable spring door hinges 1. A spring loaded hinge should only be removed when the door is closed to avoid it slamming.

A door stop can be any plastic or wood piece to insert into the door opening to prevent it from. You cannot disable the spring in the hinges. Insert the short end of an allen key into the hex port at the. Open and close the door a few times to further distribute the lubricant around the hinge.

Apply clockwise pressure on the long end of the key and pull out the locking pin at the upper side of the barrel with. Disable the spring in increments with the door closed. Follow these steps to adjust remove doors with spring loaded hinges. Make sure you ve got the right tools.

Before you take to removing the hinge pins it s good form to make sure you. You can then remove the hex wrench and allow the spring to naturally unwind.