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Re: Sloppy door hinge on XJ

Hey JoBo,

Took a whack at it today with a 1/4" bolt but the pin didn't budge. I'll
have to find something longer than the bolt so I can whack it harder
without risking a hit to the door. In the mean time it's soaking in
liquid wrench. Torch standing by.

When you say that you "turned down one end" of your dowel do you mean
that you bent it so it would line up with the pin under the lip of the
door, or do you mean you sort of sharpened the tip to fit in the end of
the pin?

My lower hinge is also shot so I'm gonna try to replace that pin too.
Did you happen to do the lower one as well using the 5-minute dowel with
the door on?

Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org

Jo Bo wrote:
> Yes I did it with out removing the door. It took all of maybe 5 minutes.
> That's after I thought about turning down the end of a 1/4" rod to guide the
> rod over the pin.
>
> JoBo
>
> "Steve" <xjlifter@bogus.com> wrote in message
> news:2vulu9F2r1t3oU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>Hi JoBo,
>>
>>Thanks! One question: were you able to do this without removing the door
>>from the hinges?
>>
>>Thanks again,
>>
>>Steve
>>http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>>
>>
>>Jo Bo wrote:
>>
>>>I replaced the same one on my son's 89. It's just a plane roll pin that
>>>can be gotten at any hardware store and was easy to replace. It maay have
>>>a plastic plug in the top. I took a metal dowl that was 1/4" and turned
>>>down one end so it would line up inside the old pin. I then inserted it
>>>into the old pin and drove it down enough to get the new one started. I
>>>then used the dowl in the new one to drive it in. As the new one entered
>>>it pushed the old one out. It was supprisingly easy.
>>>
>>>JoBo
>>>
>>>"Steve" <xjlifter@bogus.com> wrote in message
>>>news:2vsni7F2pd5rjU2@uni-berlin.de...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>The top driver's side door hinge on my '90 4-door XJ has too much play
>>>>and needs to be fixed. Stopped by the dealer to get a pin and bushing,
>>>>but all he could sell me was the pin.
>>>>
>>>>Should I bother trying to replace just the pin or is it a sure thing that
>>>>I'll need a new bushing too? The hinge itself looks to be in good shape
>>>>and appears to be properly fixed to the A pillar. I'd rather not shell
>>>>out the bucks for a new hinge assembly.
>>>>
>>>>Any tips on this fix? Anyone got any good links or FSM excerpts?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Steve
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Steve
>>>>http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
>
>

Re: Sloppy door hinge on XJ

Grim. I hope my experience is more 'JoBo' than 'Brian'.

Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org

L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> Thanks for the info, I kind of figured it should be about the same
> as a house door hinge, but listening to Brian, here I thought maybe
> there could be problem as he eluded too:
> http://www.Google.com/groups?q=door+...gle.com&rnum=1
> Do you have an older AMC Cherokee, that's made to be serviceable?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Re: Sloppy door hinge on XJ

Bastards!
KH

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:419AEC1E.828FFC41@cox.net...
> Hi Kevin,
> Daimler's nazis squashed them:
> http://natecovington.com/jeep/service_manuals.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Kevin in San Diego wrote:
>>
>> Just so you know the entire fsm in pdf format is on line in various
>> places
>> for the 88 xj and it would apply to your 1990. I dont know exactly where
>> it
>> is these days but with some searching you should be able to find it.
>> KH

Re: Sloppy door hinge on XJ

Just have to look for it when I get done working this week, don't worry
haven't forgot, I backed it up last week when I did the format c: thingy (i
hope ..lol)

Snow..

"Steve" <xjlifter@bogus.com> wrote in message
news:6kSmd.105869$VA5.54717@clgrps13...
> You've got mail.
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Steve pass me a valid email addy ;)
> >
> > Snow...

Re: Sloppy door hinge on XJ