Removing hinge pins
 

I have some rust sprouting from my hood and door hinges. How do I
remove the pins that hold the hinges on? Do these need to be pried
off? Pry up the top pin on the doors and which side on the hood? Or
am I way off base here? Steve

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

Hood hinges don't come apart. Door hinges have a nut, on the bottom of the
top hinge. Take this off, open the door, and lift. The door should come
right off the vehicle. If you don't have a Jeep Wrangler, this may not
work. ;o)

Service for these hinges is a drop of motor oil, as needed.

Earle

"popeyeball" <popeyeball@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131521473.192748.268180@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> I have some rust sprouting from my hood and door hinges. How do I
> remove the pins that hold the hinges on? Do these need to be pried
> off? Pry up the top pin on the doors and which side on the hood? Or
> am I way off base here? Steve
>
>

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

Hood hinges don't come apart. Door hinges have a nut, on the bottom of the
top hinge. Take this off, open the door, and lift. The door should come
right off the vehicle. If you don't have a Jeep Wrangler, this may not
work. ;o)

Service for these hinges is a drop of motor oil, as needed.

Earle

"popeyeball" <popeyeball@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131521473.192748.268180@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> I have some rust sprouting from my hood and door hinges. How do I
> remove the pins that hold the hinges on? Do these need to be pried
> off? Pry up the top pin on the doors and which side on the hood? Or
> am I way off base here? Steve
>
>

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

Hood hinges don't come apart. Door hinges have a nut, on the bottom of the
top hinge. Take this off, open the door, and lift. The door should come
right off the vehicle. If you don't have a Jeep Wrangler, this may not
work. ;o)

Service for these hinges is a drop of motor oil, as needed.

Earle

"popeyeball" <popeyeball@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131521473.192748.268180@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> I have some rust sprouting from my hood and door hinges. How do I
> remove the pins that hold the hinges on? Do these need to be pried
> off? Pry up the top pin on the doors and which side on the hood? Or
> am I way off base here? Steve
>
>

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

Umm, what flavor of Jeep?

On a CJ or Wrangler, the hinges unbolt, the pins don't come out, but the
bolts do. Well, sort of anyway. The dash has to come off first and
then you likely need a torch to break the thread sealer loose.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

popeyeball wrote:
>
> I have some rust sprouting from my hood and door hinges. How do I
> remove the pins that hold the hinges on? Do these need to be pried
> off? Pry up the top pin on the doors and which side on the hood? Or
> am I way off base here? Steve

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

Umm, what flavor of Jeep?

On a CJ or Wrangler, the hinges unbolt, the pins don't come out, but the
bolts do. Well, sort of anyway. The dash has to come off first and
then you likely need a torch to break the thread sealer loose.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

popeyeball wrote:
>
> I have some rust sprouting from my hood and door hinges. How do I
> remove the pins that hold the hinges on? Do these need to be pried
> off? Pry up the top pin on the doors and which side on the hood? Or
> am I way off base here? Steve

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

Umm, what flavor of Jeep?

On a CJ or Wrangler, the hinges unbolt, the pins don't come out, but the
bolts do. Well, sort of anyway. The dash has to come off first and
then you likely need a torch to break the thread sealer loose.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

popeyeball wrote:
>
> I have some rust sprouting from my hood and door hinges. How do I
> remove the pins that hold the hinges on? Do these need to be pried
> off? Pry up the top pin on the doors and which side on the hood? Or
> am I way off base here? Steve

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

It's a 97 TJ
I'll just treat the surface rust on the hood hinge - it's not serious.
I forgot about the torq nuts on door hinge.
I picked up a huge set of Lyle torx's (including the 51) at Sears for
$32. Sears salesman said the no longer carry Craftsman torx but Lyle.
Thanks for input. Steve

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

It's a 97 TJ
I'll just treat the surface rust on the hood hinge - it's not serious.
I forgot about the torq nuts on door hinge.
I picked up a huge set of Lyle torx's (including the 51) at Sears for
$32. Sears salesman said the no longer carry Craftsman torx but Lyle.
Thanks for input. Steve

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

It's a 97 TJ
I'll just treat the surface rust on the hood hinge - it's not serious.
I forgot about the torq nuts on door hinge.
I picked up a huge set of Lyle torx's (including the 51) at Sears for
$32. Sears salesman said the no longer carry Craftsman torx but Lyle.
Thanks for input. Steve