All you'll have to do to follow this method is pop out your hinge pin with a nail punch and hammer, then slowly bend the ...

This works on the side, top, or bottom. Just lifting the hinge pin and squirting a little oil into the hinge will work for the short run, but the squeaking will inevitably return. To ensure long ...

Stick the shim loosely between the door and the jamb to hold the door in position when you drive out the upper hinge pin. Then bend the pin slightly with a firm whack. Reinsert the pin and check ...

For doors that swing closed or open on their own, Popular Mechanics recommends bending the hinge pin a bit with a hammer (pictured at top-left in our little matrix picture mash-up): Rather than ...