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Hinge squeak lube advice

At the church, there is a 45 minute rated fire door, with closer and three hinges. Wood door. The hinges groan a bit, make some kind of noise while the door is closing.

I tried opening and closing the door, with my fingers lightly touchng the hinge, and can't tell which of the three is making the noise. So, on principle, I dosed all three hinges and the door closer pivots with WD-40, and that didn't seem to help much.

Today, several days later, I return to the building. Spray the hinges with brake cleaner, to flush out whatever old lube was there. And then, spray the hinges with LPS-1, leaving a non oily film. After the solvent flush, the hinges got noisier. And then the spray, and they went back to about the same noise level as when I started.

I havn't whacked the hinges with a hammer and screw driver to check for removable pins. If they were, I'd pack in some axle grease, and pound the pins back in.

What other ideas, for squeaky hinges? What works?

Reply to
Stormin Mormon
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My experience has been to pull/drive out the pins (one at a time), clean, and lubricate with a non-migrating grease, like LubriPlate, used in automotive work. In less severe cases, a good light oil, such as any oil you would use on firearms seems to work well. I can usually get a drop to work its way in on the top edge of the pin.

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professorpaul

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:hojgnp $gpf$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:

First thing I'd suggest is pulling the pin on the closer, so you can push and pull the door yourself without closer assist. This action does two things: It eliminates the closer as a noise source, and it makes it easier to narrow down which hinge is making the noise.

If it is indeed a hinge that's making the noise, I find aerosol white grease to be very effective. WD-40 is **NOT** a lubricant, so don't expect any help from it! Plus WD-40 stinks.

Place the white-grease spray can nozzle directly on the hinge seams, and hold a paper towel over the nozzle before you fire. This will prevent the nozzle from spraying back into your face. You'll still have to wipe the door clean afterwards. Placing the nozzle directly on the seams helps the spray can inject the grease into the gap between hinge halves.

Aerosol white grease is available in any auto parts store.

Reply to
Tegger

Hi, I use Liquid Wrench Teflon lubricant spray.

Reply to
Tony Hwang

Tegger wrote in news:Xns9D47D16868DE4tegger@208.90.168.18:

Another point: You'll find that if you study the hinge very carefully, you'll see that the gaps between the hinge segments are different.

The door-side rests on top of the frame-side, and they will have worn down together. This means that the /top/ of the /door-side/ segments will have a larger gap than the bottom. That larger gap is where you spray the white grease.

After spraying, it will take several openings and closings for the oil in the grease to migrate out of the grease and disperse through the hinge.

Reply to
Tegger

Another friend of mine suggested Lubri-Plate. I don't know if the hinge pins drive out but I'll try it. Also don't know where to get such grease.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

That's a good thought, to disconnect the closer. Have to take a better look at that.

I've already tried white lith spray, but not as agressively as you suggest.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

How's that compare to the LPS #1 I tried earlier?

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Makes sense, to look for a wider gap. I'd not thought of that. But, it makes sense after reading it.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Maybe it's a cryptic message from God...

Reply to
Slacker

I'll pray about it, and get back to you. It may be ushering in the new millenium? We can set up a shrine, and have the crying Blessed Mary statue, the potato chip with the head of Jesus, and the Mormon Moaning Hinge. You want to be my advertising director? We pay good wages, and take care of our people.

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Stormin Mormon

I've found "fluid film" is the cat's meow for hinges.

Reply to
clare

And LIFTING the door after (or during) lubing helps allow some of that lube into that "bearing" surface.

Reply to
clare

That's Satan, telling you he's there.

That's Satan playing tricks. What's the name of that guy when he plays tricks?

Pay your dues to Satan.

I had hoped to give some repair advice too, but you've got me stumped. You did what I would do.

Reply to
mm

Could be. My granny used to say something was "Noisier than the hinges on the gates of Hell."

Reply to
HeyBub

That's Satan, telling you he's there.

CY: I'm remembering the story of the little boy in sunday school. The teacher asks where God lives. Little boy raises his hand. Teacher calls on him. God lives in my house in the bathroom. Teacher is puzzled. Little boy explains that this morning, his Dad is banging on the door and hollering "My God! My God! Are you still in there!" And some what related to the story, the squeaky hinge at my church is on a bathroom door.

That's Satan playing tricks. What's the name of that guy when he plays tricks?

CY: Barry?

Pay your dues to Satan.

CY: Works for me. Shall I sacrifice virgins, or burn goats, or maybe the flaming cross with plenty of citronella oil on the parking lot of the church?

I had hoped to give some repair advice too, but you've got me stumped. You did what I would do.

CY: You want to bring a pentagram, and we'll have a seance?

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

I should call a priest!

(Oh... wait.... I *AM* a priest!)

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

After 20 years I found I was having to regularly(3 or 4 months) grease my front door hinges to keep them quiet. Solution was to replace the hinges.

Jimmie

Reply to
JIMMIE

Fraud? Do you really expect God expects us to distinguish between a "miracle" and an entertainment magic show?

Consider Jesus. Jesus was who He was because of who He was and the miracles he performed mean nothing. First, He did nothing that hadn't been done before. For example, He fed the multitudes with a couple of fish and a few bread loaves. Moses fed 300,000 with stuff that dropped from the skys. Siegfried & Roy can feed a couple of thousand by passing out buffet tickets.

No, miracles don't prove squat. And anybody who relies on them as evidence of divinity has been fooled.

Reply to
HeyBub

Can't say as I've heard of that. What is it, and where does one buy it?

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Stormin Mormon

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