Ball Tip Door Hinge Removal

Whether your door has a ball tip hinge pin or the more elaborate finial style most of them can be removed the same way.

Ball tip door hinge removal.

This is a ball bearing hinge with a bottom cap that has a hole in it. It seems simple to remove a door from the doorjamb you pull the pin and lift the door off its hinges. The hinge pin has a cap on both top and bottom the caps are attached. The hinge is debossed with door mfr name trustile but i doubt they make their own hinges.

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The exposed tip of the pin was either in the shape of a sphere which was called a ball tip or had a fancy turned shaped called a finial tip. But the pin ain t budging. To remove a door hinge pin start by making sure you have a hammer a screwdriver and a nail punch or nail set. I would think all i do is bang on the bottom of the pin through the hole using some kind of pin popper allen wrench nail whatever.

None of that video helps me. Then use your hammer to push the nail punch up and under the pin until it dislodges. Tips on easily removing the pins from door hinges. The hinges on.

So why would you want to remove hinge pins in the first place. Second the hinges don t look like the one on my door.