Door pin issue

I went to close my stove door and saw it wouldn’t shut then. Looked at the door hinge and the bottom pin was all the way up out of the stove hinge just resting inside the door hinge. Pushed it in and closed the door. Ive noticed this a couple times but this time i forgot it happens. Anyone experiencing a similar thing?

 

Mine does the same.

 

As long as I can put the pin back in without a lot of dang trouble, it’s not a big issue.one thing I thought about is putting some kind of high heat adhesive near the top of the pin so it only attaches to the door hinge not the stove where it pivots. But then if I need to remove the door that may bring issues.

 

An older stove I had would do this. I just kept an eye on it and pushed it back from time to time. I switched the pins too to bottom and didn’t have the problem anymore. Might be worth a try

 

I have experienced this...but on a much smaller scale.

1 1/2 year ago, brother noticed that one hinge pin of the 13 was riding a little high. Just tapped it down with a hammer, all good.

I think the reason the pins drive themselves out is due to the fact the the barrels they fit into are probably not precisely plumb in relation to the door and the stove, no?

 

Yes I believe you are right about them being not plumb in alignment. I mean even house doors can do this from time to time. We just tap them in.

 

You might be onto something! I might give this a try. Thanks

 

Give it a squirt of graphite lubricant. Might cut down the friction enough to keep the pin down.

 

I added some lube to mine and it helped. Pin hasn't worked it's way up/out for a long time now.
The primary air slide sounded and felt terrible when I first got the stove, like there was welding slag in there somewhere. After a couple months, the roughness went away and now it's smooth. I think it takes a while for the parts to wear together.
Maybe a more expensive stove doesn't have this "issue"?

 

I thought all stoves did this...

 

Expensive meaning...? Typically we think of expensive as something that is scrutinized but I’m gonna have to debunk this as there are just too many products for everything to be that scrutinized, almost to the point of rebuilding the thing. But for the sake of turning out a good product, they may make sure all moving parts are working. However when something moves like a half a millimeter every 10 openings, it’s pretty insignificant right? I just figure that even an expensive stove could have this problem but perhaps the parts could be manufactured so this happens LESS often.

 

If the hinges are welded on, no matter how you set it prior to the weld - when the weld cools parts move.

 

A Tiny bit huh!