Re: Removing hinge pins
 

After a big cottonwood ate my drivers side door, I pulled the door by
removing the 6 torx bolts that held the door to the hinge. Then I
went to the junk yard and pulled a replacement door. Now I add one
part to the "essential tools" if I ever have to pull another door: 6
new bolts with real heads I can get a wrench on! There is not enough
space to get a rachet with the torx bit into the door opening for at
least 3 of those bolts (unless the door is folded back by a tree). My
salvation was a new pair of vise grips with sharp enough teeth to grab
the heads of the torx bolts to work them out.

I'm trying to think of a suitable torment for the guy who invented
those @#$%^ torx heads - just plain Hell is letting him off easy!

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:11:03 UTC Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> If you ever do go for the door torx bolts you should be aware that the
> coat of paint will make the hole seem at least one size smaller. Use
> that bit and it will just crush the paint and strip things. (learned
> that one the hard way....)
>
> 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:
> >
> > 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


--
Will Honea

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

After a big cottonwood ate my drivers side door, I pulled the door by
removing the 6 torx bolts that held the door to the hinge. Then I
went to the junk yard and pulled a replacement door. Now I add one
part to the "essential tools" if I ever have to pull another door: 6
new bolts with real heads I can get a wrench on! There is not enough
space to get a rachet with the torx bit into the door opening for at
least 3 of those bolts (unless the door is folded back by a tree). My
salvation was a new pair of vise grips with sharp enough teeth to grab
the heads of the torx bolts to work them out.

I'm trying to think of a suitable torment for the guy who invented
those @#$%^ torx heads - just plain Hell is letting him off easy!

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:11:03 UTC Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> If you ever do go for the door torx bolts you should be aware that the
> coat of paint will make the hole seem at least one size smaller. Use
> that bit and it will just crush the paint and strip things. (learned
> that one the hard way....)
>
> 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:
> >
> > 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


--
Will Honea

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

It should be noted that full hard doors weigh about 75lbs, so 'just
lift them off' isn't as easy as it sounds.

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

It should be noted that full hard doors weigh about 75lbs, so 'just
lift them off' isn't as easy as it sounds.

Re: Removing hinge pins
 

It should be noted that full hard doors weigh about 75lbs, so 'just
lift them off' isn't as easy as it sounds.