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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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