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Broken Hatch Pin - How to Fix
While trying to adjust my rear hatch, I broke one of the rusty pins. The other one is pretty well stuck too so it will most likely break when I try to adjust. I did spray it with WD-40 a few days ago and let it sit, but here I am now
 .Can I remove the bracket and drill out the pin? Or is it easier to get an entire new/used bracket and pin? Thanks, Rick
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03-30-2009, 08:48 AM
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Bracket easy to remove. Pins are replacable either steel of stainless available. I would try to drill it out. If the threads are bad in the bracket you will need to replace that too.
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03-30-2009, 10:05 AM
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If you have drill handy, the auto parts store sell the drill sets to repair
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03-30-2009, 11:29 AM
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Be very careful. the bracket (wings) break easily. I ended up getting new brackets and pins.
Cheers
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03-30-2009, 11:35 AM
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I just drilled out one of the mount bolts yesterday. The metal is very very easy to drill through. And yeah, watch those wings...
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03-30-2009, 12:09 PM
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The piece that the pin screws into is actually removable from the piece that bolts to the hatch. I doubt that you'll have much luck drilling out the pins (I didn't), but the female pieces are only about $10 each from Sunset. The pins are similarly inexpensive.
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03-30-2009, 05:02 PM
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^+1 Don't waste your time drilling it out. Just remove the block of rubber that the pin screws into and the old pin will pop right out.
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