1 Take the nuts off the bottom of the hinge pin(s).
2 Open the door and grasp it with one directly below the hinges.
3 Use the other hand to gently swing the door through full open and mostll
closed while lifting with the hand that is below the hinges.
4 If it takes more than about 10 seconds to get the door off, you are doing
it wrong.



"AWD" <ADulay-NOSPAM-@compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:c4nf6v$2sc$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
> All,
>
> Well, with the new bikini top on and April here in Florida, it's
> officially time to take off the doors on my 2000-TJ.
>
> What crisis am I about to run in to?
>
> I've read through several of the threads about pins not coming out and
> hinges going all to hell in a handbasket.
>
> This door is stone stock, still painted and has no rust.
>
> Big hammer? Medium hammer?
>
> 10 minutes? 10 hours?
>
> Any short ideas for those "who have gone before me" ?
>
> It would appear to be a simple matter to just pull the small bottom
cap
> off and punch the pin out with a drift. Can it possible be that easy?
>
> AD
>
>

 

To all who replied,

Thanks guys.

I'll be pulling the doors off this weekend, once the wife is convinced
she won't die or fall out.

If it's not her hair getting messed up, it's falling out the open door.

I don't think she gets it. (g)

AD (thanks)

 

To all who replied,

Thanks guys.

I'll be pulling the doors off this weekend, once the wife is convinced
she won't die or fall out.

If it's not her hair getting messed up, it's falling out the open door.

I don't think she gets it. (g)

AD (thanks)

 

To all who replied,

Thanks guys.

I'll be pulling the doors off this weekend, once the wife is convinced
she won't die or fall out.

If it's not her hair getting messed up, it's falling out the open door.

I don't think she gets it. (g)

AD (thanks)

 

To all who replied,

Thanks guys.

I'll be pulling the doors off this weekend, once the wife is convinced
she won't die or fall out.

If it's not her hair getting messed up, it's falling out the open door.

I don't think she gets it. (g)

AD (thanks)

 

I stand on the outside of the door, grab the interior door handle and
the sideview mirror arm, and (after spinning the nuts off, not sure
why I leave them on anyway...) just lift straight up. Oh, yeah, make
sure the check straps are undone as well, that can be dangerous....

--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com <you know the drill
jegp 'at' hotmail.com < at is really @
---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ



"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10730ulmtjei8ae@corp.supernews.com...
| 1 Take the nuts off the bottom of the hinge pin(s).
| 2 Open the door and grasp it with one directly below the hinges.
| 3 Use the other hand to gently swing the door through full open and
mostll
| closed while lifting with the hand that is below the hinges.
| 4 If it takes more than about 10 seconds to get the door off, you
are doing
| it wrong.
|
|
|
| "AWD" <ADulay-NOSPAM-@compuserve.com> wrote in message
| news:c4nf6v$2sc$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
| > All,
| >
| > Well, with the new bikini top on and April here in Florida, it's
| > officially time to take off the doors on my 2000-TJ.
| >
| > What crisis am I about to run in to?
| >
| > I've read through several of the threads about pins not coming
out and
| > hinges going all to hell in a handbasket.
| >
| > This door is stone stock, still painted and has no rust.
| >
| > Big hammer? Medium hammer?
| >
| > 10 minutes? 10 hours?
| >
| > Any short ideas for those "who have gone before me" ?
| >
| > It would appear to be a simple matter to just pull the small
bottom
| cap
| > off and punch the pin out with a drift. Can it possible be that
easy?
| >
| > AD
| >
| >
|
|

 

I stand on the outside of the door, grab the interior door handle and
the sideview mirror arm, and (after spinning the nuts off, not sure
why I leave them on anyway...) just lift straight up. Oh, yeah, make
sure the check straps are undone as well, that can be dangerous....

--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com <you know the drill
jegp 'at' hotmail.com < at is really @
---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ



"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10730ulmtjei8ae@corp.supernews.com...
| 1 Take the nuts off the bottom of the hinge pin(s).
| 2 Open the door and grasp it with one directly below the hinges.
| 3 Use the other hand to gently swing the door through full open and
mostll
| closed while lifting with the hand that is below the hinges.
| 4 If it takes more than about 10 seconds to get the door off, you
are doing
| it wrong.
|
|
|
| "AWD" <ADulay-NOSPAM-@compuserve.com> wrote in message
| news:c4nf6v$2sc$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
| > All,
| >
| > Well, with the new bikini top on and April here in Florida, it's
| > officially time to take off the doors on my 2000-TJ.
| >
| > What crisis am I about to run in to?
| >
| > I've read through several of the threads about pins not coming
out and
| > hinges going all to hell in a handbasket.
| >
| > This door is stone stock, still painted and has no rust.
| >
| > Big hammer? Medium hammer?
| >
| > 10 minutes? 10 hours?
| >
| > Any short ideas for those "who have gone before me" ?
| >
| > It would appear to be a simple matter to just pull the small
bottom
| cap
| > off and punch the pin out with a drift. Can it possible be that
easy?
| >
| > AD
| >
| >
|
|

 

I stand on the outside of the door, grab the interior door handle and
the sideview mirror arm, and (after spinning the nuts off, not sure
why I leave them on anyway...) just lift straight up. Oh, yeah, make
sure the check straps are undone as well, that can be dangerous....

--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com <you know the drill
jegp 'at' hotmail.com < at is really @
---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ



"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10730ulmtjei8ae@corp.supernews.com...
| 1 Take the nuts off the bottom of the hinge pin(s).
| 2 Open the door and grasp it with one directly below the hinges.
| 3 Use the other hand to gently swing the door through full open and
mostll
| closed while lifting with the hand that is below the hinges.
| 4 If it takes more than about 10 seconds to get the door off, you
are doing
| it wrong.
|
|
|
| "AWD" <ADulay-NOSPAM-@compuserve.com> wrote in message
| news:c4nf6v$2sc$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
| > All,
| >
| > Well, with the new bikini top on and April here in Florida, it's
| > officially time to take off the doors on my 2000-TJ.
| >
| > What crisis am I about to run in to?
| >
| > I've read through several of the threads about pins not coming
out and
| > hinges going all to hell in a handbasket.
| >
| > This door is stone stock, still painted and has no rust.
| >
| > Big hammer? Medium hammer?
| >
| > 10 minutes? 10 hours?
| >
| > Any short ideas for those "who have gone before me" ?
| >
| > It would appear to be a simple matter to just pull the small
bottom
| cap
| > off and punch the pin out with a drift. Can it possible be that
easy?
| >
| > AD
| >
| >
|
|

 

I stand on the outside of the door, grab the interior door handle and
the sideview mirror arm, and (after spinning the nuts off, not sure
why I leave them on anyway...) just lift straight up. Oh, yeah, make
sure the check straps are undone as well, that can be dangerous....

--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com <you know the drill
jegp 'at' hotmail.com < at is really @
---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ



"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10730ulmtjei8ae@corp.supernews.com...
| 1 Take the nuts off the bottom of the hinge pin(s).
| 2 Open the door and grasp it with one directly below the hinges.
| 3 Use the other hand to gently swing the door through full open and
mostll
| closed while lifting with the hand that is below the hinges.
| 4 If it takes more than about 10 seconds to get the door off, you
are doing
| it wrong.
|
|
|
| "AWD" <ADulay-NOSPAM-@compuserve.com> wrote in message
| news:c4nf6v$2sc$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
| > All,
| >
| > Well, with the new bikini top on and April here in Florida, it's
| > officially time to take off the doors on my 2000-TJ.
| >
| > What crisis am I about to run in to?
| >
| > I've read through several of the threads about pins not coming
out and
| > hinges going all to hell in a handbasket.
| >
| > This door is stone stock, still painted and has no rust.
| >
| > Big hammer? Medium hammer?
| >
| > 10 minutes? 10 hours?
| >
| > Any short ideas for those "who have gone before me" ?
| >
| > It would appear to be a simple matter to just pull the small
bottom
| cap
| > off and punch the pin out with a drift. Can it possible be that
easy?
| >
| > AD
| >
| >
|
|

 

Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> The hinges you are seeing folks bitch about are the permanent ones on a
> Cherokee. They rust and wear which causes the door to sag and can be a
> real pain to change as the thread implies.

Big time - I did this a couple of years ago on my 1991 two-door. On
one of them, nothing worked - torch, drift, penetrating oil - I
finally had to saw through the body side half of the hinge itself in a
spot where I figured the load on the hinge would be the lowest and
drive a chisel into the saw cut to free up the remains of the old
hinge pin. Very ugly. Lubricate those hinges frequently! ;-)

John Thompson