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Installed 1/2" pex on my door striker pins last night 
The factory one has a larger ID then the door pin so its fairly loose and able to rotate on the pin. My OCD would not allow me to use the pex with a slit down the side lol
The 1/2" pex ID is smaller than the pin.
I removed the pin. Then I cut a piece of pex to length and then soaked it in a cup of boiling water. I used olive oil to lubricate the pin (I tried with out any lube and then with dish soap but the olive oil worked 100 times better). I also filed off the sharp edge where the pex needs to slide over it and then chamfered the inside of the pex where it will meet the edge that I filed down.
Heat the pex, lube the pin and the use a hammer to get the 1/2" pex down as far as possible over the threads. Then I used the washers for the pin and a deep socket and hammer to continue to pound the pex all the way onto the pin.
It worked great on both sides.
The OD of the pex once installed on the pin is exactly the same as the factory plastic bushing. The only draw back is that it will not rotate on the pin. But heh I will just change them again when I need to. Or just retighten the pin in a different rotation to extend the wear of the pex.
The factory one has a larger ID then the door pin so its fairly loose and able to rotate on the pin. My OCD would not allow me to use the pex with a slit down the side lol
The 1/2" pex ID is smaller than the pin.
I removed the pin. Then I cut a piece of pex to length and then soaked it in a cup of boiling water. I used olive oil to lubricate the pin (I tried with out any lube and then with dish soap but the olive oil worked 100 times better). I also filed off the sharp edge where the pex needs to slide over it and then chamfered the inside of the pex where it will meet the edge that I filed down.
Heat the pex, lube the pin and the use a hammer to get the 1/2" pex down as far as possible over the threads. Then I used the washers for the pin and a deep socket and hammer to continue to pound the pex all the way onto the pin.
It worked great on both sides.
The OD of the pex once installed on the pin is exactly the same as the factory plastic bushing. The only draw back is that it will not rotate on the pin. But heh I will just change them again when I need to. Or just retighten the pin in a different rotation to extend the wear of the pex.
