Quick question needs quick answer please for hinge bushing.

Suzuki4evr

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I need to replace the door hinge busging on a F100. Can I use delrin instead of phosphor bronze or will it not last. Take in consideration the very thin flange sholder of the bushing. The bushing measurements are about: sholder od-5/8", sholder thickness- 3/64", bushing od-15/32", id-11/32" and total length is about11/32". Your thoughts would be appreciated.
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Delrin will last for awhile, but for long term I would use bronze.

I would braze on collars to the inner part to get more bearing surface area. There is a lot of room for improvement in the original design and plenty of room to do it.
 
JimDawson said:
Delrin will last for awhile, but for long term I would use bronze.

I would braze on collars to the inner part to get more bearing surface area. There is a lot of room for improvement in the original design and plenty of room to do it.
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The brazing on of a sholder is a good idea and I will use it in the future, but I was already told by my client that is client whos truck ir is,doesn't have a big budget so I must try to keep it low on cost. Thanks Jim.
 
Don't know about fords, but Dodges you can get the pin & bushing kit at the parts stores, I think it was around $10 for both doors, on my 77.
 
Here in SA the guys who has these trucks usually have them restored and the parts are not that easy to come by and if they can't get it, they must inport at very high cost of shipping.
 
My bad, I forgot to look at your location. Is there anything available at a parts store that is close?

I would think a steel bushing would be better then a delrin. You are likely to find the pin is also worn.
 
Problem with steel it how quickly they can rust Shut but it would be better then delrin if an eye is kept on the lubrication schedule.
 
Superburban said:
My bad, I forgot to look at your location. Is there anything available at a parts store that is close?

I would think a steel bushing would be better then a delrin. You are likely to find the pin is also worn.
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Will be replacing pins as well
 
I think what Jim suggested, to increase the bearing surface area, would be the Best way to correct the Root cause of the problem and which should make using the original type bearing material the best choice.
 
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