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Door hinge pin keeps coming up. How to solve? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looking for help in solving a problem where the lower door hinge pin on my entry door keeps creeping up and causing the deadbolt to become slightly misaligned making it more difficult to lock. Reading online, I keep coming across suggestions of tightening a screw that’s supposed to lock the pin in place but my hinges don’t seem to have that screw.

Anyone have any other ideas on how to fix this problem?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You might need to pry the cylinder the pin goes in in the opposite direction of where it's trying to trend. E.g., if the two pieces' cylinders don't want to line up, you probably need to pry them over so that when the pin is in, they sit flush. This might be counter-intuitive. You might think you need to pry them together, but that will cause them to sit farther apart when the pin is in. Pry them away from each other, just a couple mm, so when the pin is in, they are closer.

Also check your pin for damage.