TJ jeep hinge bushing
 

The bushing inside the female part of the door hing on my 2002 TJ is
gone. When I put my hard doors on, the other doors ripped part of it
out. So I removed it all. But the dealer does not sell the bushing, it
sells only the comple hinge. Is there a trick or something I can use
to put in the hinge so it is not loose any more

Re: TJ jeep hinge bushing
 

snowboardripper did pass the time by typing:
> The bushing inside the female part of the door hing on my 2002 TJ is
> gone. When I put my hard doors on, the other doors ripped part of it
> out. So I removed it all. But the dealer does not sell the bushing, it
> sells only the comple hinge. Is there a trick or something I can use
> to put in the hinge so it is not loose any more

Have you tried looking in the parts bins at your local ACE Hardware (or similar)
usually they have all sorts of bushings. Somtimes the "HELP" section of PepBoys
or Canadian tire..etc has these things.

Another possiblity is a small piece of PVC pipe or brass/copper/aluminum tube
cut to fit. You might have to notch it out a bit. Just something to think of.

--
DougW

Re: TJ jeep hinge bushing
 

snowboardripper did pass the time by typing:
> The bushing inside the female part of the door hing on my 2002 TJ is
> gone. When I put my hard doors on, the other doors ripped part of it
> out. So I removed it all. But the dealer does not sell the bushing, it
> sells only the comple hinge. Is there a trick or something I can use
> to put in the hinge so it is not loose any more

Have you tried looking in the parts bins at your local ACE Hardware (or similar)
usually they have all sorts of bushings. Somtimes the "HELP" section of PepBoys
or Canadian tire..etc has these things.

Another possiblity is a small piece of PVC pipe or brass/copper/aluminum tube
cut to fit. You might have to notch it out a bit. Just something to think of.

--
DougW

Re: TJ jeep hinge bushing
 

snowboardripper did pass the time by typing:
> The bushing inside the female part of the door hing on my 2002 TJ is
> gone. When I put my hard doors on, the other doors ripped part of it
> out. So I removed it all. But the dealer does not sell the bushing, it
> sells only the comple hinge. Is there a trick or something I can use
> to put in the hinge so it is not loose any more

Have you tried looking in the parts bins at your local ACE Hardware (or similar)
usually they have all sorts of bushings. Somtimes the "HELP" section of PepBoys
or Canadian tire..etc has these things.

Another possiblity is a small piece of PVC pipe or brass/copper/aluminum tube
cut to fit. You might have to notch it out a bit. Just something to think of.

--
DougW

Re: TJ jeep hinge bushing
 

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:37:32 UTC snowboardripper@hotmail.com wrote:

> The bushing inside the female part of the door hing on my 2002 TJ is
> gone. When I put my hard doors on, the other doors ripped part of it
> out. So I removed it all. But the dealer does not sell the bushing, it
> sells only the comple hinge. Is there a trick or something I can use
> to put in the hinge so it is not loose any more

oug had the right idea, but you will proably have to drill the female
tang out a little to have enough to work with. I did the same repair
on one of the kid's Nisson but that one used a pin (which the dealer
wanted nearly $40 for) that exactly fit inside a 1/4 inch copper tube
which in turn pressed nicely into the wallowed out hole. Held for 4
years, maybe still going. If you oil the things every so often even a
steel bushing will work. Ask a local machinist what he would charge
to trun a stock one down for you.

--
Will Honea

Re: TJ jeep hinge bushing
 

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:37:32 UTC snowboardripper@hotmail.com wrote:

> The bushing inside the female part of the door hing on my 2002 TJ is
> gone. When I put my hard doors on, the other doors ripped part of it
> out. So I removed it all. But the dealer does not sell the bushing, it
> sells only the comple hinge. Is there a trick or something I can use
> to put in the hinge so it is not loose any more

oug had the right idea, but you will proably have to drill the female
tang out a little to have enough to work with. I did the same repair
on one of the kid's Nisson but that one used a pin (which the dealer
wanted nearly $40 for) that exactly fit inside a 1/4 inch copper tube
which in turn pressed nicely into the wallowed out hole. Held for 4
years, maybe still going. If you oil the things every so often even a
steel bushing will work. Ask a local machinist what he would charge
to trun a stock one down for you.

--
Will Honea

Re: TJ jeep hinge bushing
 

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:37:32 UTC snowboardripper@hotmail.com wrote:

> The bushing inside the female part of the door hing on my 2002 TJ is
> gone. When I put my hard doors on, the other doors ripped part of it
> out. So I removed it all. But the dealer does not sell the bushing, it
> sells only the comple hinge. Is there a trick or something I can use
> to put in the hinge so it is not loose any more

oug had the right idea, but you will proably have to drill the female
tang out a little to have enough to work with. I did the same repair
on one of the kid's Nisson but that one used a pin (which the dealer
wanted nearly $40 for) that exactly fit inside a 1/4 inch copper tube
which in turn pressed nicely into the wallowed out hole. Held for 4
years, maybe still going. If you oil the things every so often even a
steel bushing will work. Ask a local machinist what he would charge
to trun a stock one down for you.

--
Will Honea