Door hinge pins on Super Beetle

Do they come out the top or the bottom? I'm going to make a press to
get them out but didn't want to shove them out the wrong way. I lube the
hell out of one hinge and it keeps getting so tight I'm afraid I'll start
cracking the body around the hinge.

"carl mciver" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Do they come out the top or the bottom? I'm going to make a press to
> get them out but didn't want to shove them out the wrong way. I lube the
> hell out of one hinge and it keeps getting so tight I'm afraid I'll start
> cracking the body around the hinge.

Pins are driven up -- I had to take mine off recently and used John Henry's
idea: http://www.thebugshop.org/gotech.htm
search for the words "hinge pin". I did not have to heat up my hinge to get
it out.
Not sure if a super has a different arrangement, but it appears that the
factory tool is the same for both according to my manual -- most likely the
hinges are the same as well, but maybe someone here knows for sure.

Remco