Dometic Heki Midi hinge repair

[Johntheo]

Had my roof light open a crack in recent high winds and half way through the night the wind caught it and snapped the U shaped bar which holds it open/shut. I have found and ordered the spare part but I’m a bit unsure of how to fit it.
The bar is attached to the dome with a hinge. The hinge pin looks as if it might just be a push fit, but in the exploded diagram from which I found the part it looks as if the hinge pin may be 2 components and more complicated.
Can anyone advise how you get the hinge pin out and back in again? Photo attached showing the part I mean (and super sophisticated bodge to hold it shut while waiting 6 weeks for the part!). Thanks in anticipation.

 

[mitzimad]

what does the other end of the pin look like?

 

[Johntheo]

Haven’t inspected yet - it is very close to dome and will be hard to reach, unless I remove whole hinge assembly off dome, which would be possible but inconvenient.

 

[berni109]

I had a look at the spare bar I have in the garage and the inner end of the pin is much smaller. Looks like what u can see from inside is much bigger so the outer part pushes inside. Nothing that u could screw it together with so probably a friction fit.

 

[Stealaway]

How about carving a piece of nylon / wood to fit inside the the arm and gluing it in both sides?
It would be stronger than new

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[Landy Andy]

Aren’t the inner fixings capped startlocks?

So they will need to be pried or cut off, and then replaced.

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[Johntheo]

Thanks for these replies. The domed end visible in the photo appears to be solid. The domed end is not quite in contact with the hinge body and I think I could get a lever into the crack to prise it. The side of the hinge body I cannot see is quite flat with no visible sign of the pin (which fits with what Bernie 109 has seen on his spare). I think I’m going to assume it is a push fit and try pull it out, unless someone has done this job before and can advise a better way?

 

[Johntheo]

Just for the record, in case anyone else finds this thread and wants to know the conclusion. The inner fastening is indeed a capped starlock as Landy Andy suggested. It is easily prized off but needs a new one to refit. I got new ones supplied with the lever arm from Leisure Spares. Job done!