Removal of VL Doors

[walkierep]

hi this may have been posted before but how do you remove the doors on a vl commodore someone told me you have to buy a special tool to do it but that costs $89 has anyone made there own door removal tool or have an easier way of removing the doors thanks for any help you can give me

[Robohan]

Yep definitely need the tool from my experience...I had taken about 8 doors off before no other easy way i found unfort...

[Dayvo]

You can use a drill bit or something similar and use it as drift to knock it out . the pins are a couple of buck each. Make sure you wear safety glasses .

[gungazza]

i made up a tool with a piece of threaded rod from bunnings, i put on some small nuts then filed them so thay fitted into the hinge, the rod was about 18in long, then put on the head of a knock hammer with a couple of large washers then used it like a slide hammer worked a treat make sure you use plenty of wd40 to lossen the the pins the pins only come ouy one way i think the top one is down and the bottom pin up

[harry3]

arrange support for the door, the doorpins are hollow in the middle

[jatsvl]

what a pain in the arse job this is, the right tools make it easier!
and as gungazza has said, TOP PIN DOWN - BOTTOM PIN UP get it wrong and you will be sorry!

[88-SERIES200]

I can not beleive how hard this job is.. im trying at the moment and have only managed to get 2 doors off. using a hammer and flathead screwdriver and a centre punch thing. the bottom pins are near impossible! anyone know where to buy new pins from?

[Dayvo]

Holden sell the pins .Give them a good spray with some WD 40 and let them soak overnight . The bottom pins will come out easier if you knock them up from the under the hinge then grab it with a pair of multi grips then hit them with a hammer. After being in the hinge for 20 odd years they tend to get rusted in .Its best to use something that is just a tad smaller that the hole in the hinge but not too small as the hinge pin is made of spring steel with a slot cut down the entire length and if you use something too small it spreads the pin open and it get jammed.