Thank God there are people like you who take the time to make a video like this! It’s practically a public service!

Thank you for the great video. More importantly, thanks for making 2:30 and not a 10 minute video on a 2 minute job.

Thank you. Head scratcher for me. Didn’t even know this was a cap. Saved me a lot of hassle. Much appreciated.

Thanks for the instruction! Saved my date! By the way, the bottom cap is a stupid design, just to make our lives more difficult.

Never cease to be amazed how many great people post useful pointers. Great little video Man! Thanks

Thank you Doc!! I have a hired "door carpenter" here that did not know how to remove this type of pin. Your video saved the day.

Hey Doc, one question keeps ringing around inside my empty head. --- For an interior area door (not high-security) - *Why would anyone want to replace the bottom plug?* Joe S

Working on a last minute project for the hubby- this video saved the day!! I can't be more thankful!!

Very cool tip! Been looking for a reasonably elegant solution to this. The hinges on my door are at least 45 years old -- not 'screw-on' and the maker is no longer in business.

Thank you for your service. My son said "Why go to college? everything you need to know is on KZfaq."

That was so much easier than any of the ways I have seen! The hex wrench suggestion is very nice!

CAUTION! I just bought three nice National Hardware stainless-steel door hinges that only LOOK like the older "bottom cap" hinge in this video. In mine, however, the cap with the hole in it is swaged in place, preventing removal with vise grips (or almost anything else). Fortunately, when I looked inside that hole with my headlamp, I could see the end of the main hinge pin farther down inside the hinge. I simply inserted a 10D nail into the hole, set the "short" edge of the hinge across the miter-gauge channel in the top of my table saw, and tapped the head of the nail until the main hinge pin started to come out. I then finished removing it with a pair of pliers. (It came the rest of the way easily.) Hope this helps.

Yep, this handyman is doing this today for a customer, now I'm an instant pro!! Thanks.

Just saw these with the cap for the first time yesterday. Had to leave a fridge sitting in the carport. Thank you very much.

You just made my day im restoring repairing a 1868 Yale And Towne antique steamer trunk and I want to make sure how to properly get her lid from hinges and the end caps off to spray paint today thank you so very much

Amazing tip. Worked instantly on a very old and rusted hinge.

Awesome! A BIG thank you! I wasn't aware of the cap. My hinges even had a cap on top as well. Once removed it was easy.

Would this work on wheelchair ramp and if not how can I remove the hinges from a wheelchair ramp.. thank you

Thank you so much. Building a home made deer stand and all the hinges I could find were this design. Looked on KZfaq and Bingo ! ( Put them in a vice before installing - instead of Vice Grips ) You're the Man, Doc.

I live in an old house and the hinges had been painted over..multiple times. Luckily I was able to pull the hinge from the top using vice grips!

THANK YOU!!!! This was literally the easiest things to do after I watched your video. Thank you so much!!!

Thank you. I was wondering about the best way to get the bottom cap off. Worked great.

I'm a woman with not much strength. Is there a way to do this without the vice grip? If not, how hard is the vice grip to lock down? You grunted when you locked it, so it seemed like you had to use a lot of strength to do so. Please advise, thanks.

Can I use a hinge pin door stop with this type of hinge?

Is it ok to just leave off the bottom cap?

You made it where my couch fit through the door way. May rainbows shine on your head

How about at the end of the process, I don't replace the cap? What is the point of the thing anyway? Thank you very much for this video, it saved me a lot of grief.

Thank you sir. I’ve never seen one of these hinges before and you made it so easy!

Many thanks! That was driving me nuts. ( Why do people fix things that aren't broken?)

BEST VIDEO.... Just finished watchin 3 others, didn't even mention the bottom pin.

So bomb. Thanks so much. I am going to try this.

Thanks for the assistance, Doc. Haven't run into these double cap door hinge pins yet. And would you believe only on my master bedroom door in my own house? Thanks again.

Thanks bro. Every video I watch assumes there's no stupid bottom cap.

27 people gave thumbs down?!!! WTH... This was a great tip.

Why remove the cap on the bottom. Most are center drilled. Use a pin punch from the bottom with the cap in place or with your method use the vice grips on the pin instead of the bottom cap.

You got right down to the "stupid" (right word) problem. Thank you. Got 'er done.

There was no reason for an interior door hinge to not just be able to be taken out with a screwdriver

Is the cap on the bottom asthetics or does it serve a valid reason to exist?

Thanks, I felt very stupid not being able to remove the pin with my hammer and screwdriver, since there is no space for the screw driver

much appreciated, thanks! old faded white door is now a beautiful deep red :)

You are awesome! I’m fixing my interior garage door and it has these hinges!!! Thank you!!!

Do you have to put the bottom cap back on

Thanks. Knocked out the job in 3 minutes

Thanks! Big help with removing my Gatehouse hinge pins.

Well done. Was really puzzled by this until I saw your vid. Thanks.

Perfect, thanks! Simple and clear. :)

awesome video, I usually put painter tape or electrical tape on the bottom so you sent scratch it.

Excellent advice! Thank you very much!!!

Thank you. This was very helpful. Much appreciated!

To make it worse, mine had a TINY hex screw in the center of the hinge which makes it impossible to punch the hinge pin out. You have to remove the rice-sized screw in order to remove the pin… after you remove the cap at the bottom. SO STUPID!

I never knew that and have been struggling with it. THANK YOU!

Great tip, thanks!! I was struggling with it before I watched your video.

Great piece of DIY information. Thanks Doc

Brilliant! Saved me some time. Subscribed. Look forward to checking out more of your videos! Thanks!

This really helped me to prepare to install my cabidor 👍👍👍👍👍

Thank you! I have ONE door like this. The other doors don’t!! Wasn’t sure what to do

great tip. Mine have a top and bottom cap and a hard steel pin in the middle which I could knock out

That was awesome and extremely helpful!

Stupid indeed! Especially when there are no instructions. Thanks a bunch. Saved me from scratching up my new hinges.

Isn’t there a hole in the bottom cap? Looks like it. You usually pound the pin out by putting something through that hole in the cap. No need to remove it first.

Can you show us the Baldwin floating hinges? thanks

Thank you so much!! Makes sense and it's a great and easy way. Stopped my frustration!!!

Now where did I put my vise grips....

never heard them called hex wrench we call them "allen keys" in europe but thanks for info

Thank you for your video, very helpful!

Brilliant, minimalism is best.

Very helpful. Thanks!

WOW 🤯. Thank you sooooooo very much. Thank you.

Much appreciated although mine were rusted in solid haha so off to hardware store to get 4x hinges!

Thanks, dad!

if the cap on top pops up after a while do i just hammer it down？

Worked like a charm

Excellent tips; thanks!

quick and simple, thank you

Thanks for instruction video.

great job , sounds so easy thanks again

This worked brilliantly! Thank you!

I like this. Off to try it now! 👍🏻

That's what I call them as well, "Stupid hinges"!

Please tell me this isn't the security hinge I just spent 60 dollars on. The ones your not supposed to bevable to remove the pin from?

Im having an issue with an older door that has the cap but it has extremely flat bottom caps and they were hammered in tight... been fighting the damn things for 2 days and have given up any tips?

Worked like a charm.

Problem with my door is the caps are both round and don’t have ability to grip like yours do.

Excellent. Thank you!

You safed me Doc.

Very helpful! Thank you so much!!!

Is there anything wrong with unscrewing the hinges on the door to remove the door instead knocking out the hinge pins?

this saved us thank you doc

Thanks doc great stuff

Brilliant Doc! thank you

Thanks for sharing the info

Excellent idea.

Thanks so much! I’ve got one set of hinges like this.

Love it! Thank you

Thank u brother!

Thanks - helped me big time quickly.

Huge thanks!

Why does everyone feel the need to reinvent the wheel?? What on earth was wrong with a standard good ol hinge pin that you jus tap out, now we need a cap and an extra step to do something completely useless. Oh I know why how silly of me, it was to make a buck....

Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

Gracias Doc👍👍