Re: XJ Door Hinge Mounts
 

Grumman-581 wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:48:50 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>> What year is it? There was a recall on some.
>
> 1995...
>
>> You need a new door post to fix it, which is a fair job....
>
> A new door post? Why? It has come unwelded, but there do not appear
> to be any holes in the underlying metal... It's like the original weld
> didn't have proper penetration...
>
> I'm thinking that I'll need to put a wooden block underneath the door
> to ------ the force a bit and then use a hydraulic jack to lift up on
> it until the weld goes back into place... Then, re-weld it in place...

The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go
from them.

My source didn't show a recall on the 95.

Mike

Re: XJ Door Hinge Mounts
 

On Tue, 15 May 2007 13:36:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go
> from them.

Mine appear to mainly be just crappy welds... There's probably an
issue of the original design in that it appears that it was originally
just welded to light sheet metal instead of something substantial...

Re: XJ Door Hinge Mounts
 

On Tue, 15 May 2007 13:36:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go
> from them.

Mine appear to mainly be just crappy welds... There's probably an
issue of the original design in that it appears that it was originally
just welded to light sheet metal instead of something substantial...

Re: XJ Door Hinge Mounts
 

On Tue, 15 May 2007 13:36:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go
> from them.

Mine appear to mainly be just crappy welds... There's probably an
issue of the original design in that it appears that it was originally
just welded to light sheet metal instead of something substantial...

Re: XJ Door Hinge Mounts
 

On Tue, 15 May 2007 13:36:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go
> from them.

Mine appear to mainly be just crappy welds... There's probably an
issue of the original design in that it appears that it was originally
just welded to light sheet metal instead of something substantial...

Re: XJ Door Hinge Mounts
 

On Tue, 15 May 2007 15:19:40 -0500, Grumman-581
<grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 15 May 2007 13:36:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
>wrote:
>
>> The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go
>> from them.
>
>Mine appear to mainly be just crappy welds... There's probably an
>issue of the original design in that it appears that it was originally
>just welded to light sheet metal instead of something substantial...

That's exactly the problem. I ended up pulling the door, adding some
heavy strap to the door post. I drilled and tapped the strap, and the
door post. Fished the strap down through the hole where the hinge
goes and screwed though the post into the strap. Then I drilled and
tapped for the hinge mounting bolts. Put the whole thing back
together and it's better than new. It at least distributes the weight
of the door over a larger area on the thin metal of the door post.
--
Old Crow "Yol Bolsun!"
'82 FLTC-P "Miss Pearl"
'95 YJ Rio Grande
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, MAMBM


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Re: XJ Door Hinge Mounts
 

On Tue, 15 May 2007 15:19:40 -0500, Grumman-581
<grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 15 May 2007 13:36:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
>wrote:
>
>> The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go
>> from them.
>
>Mine appear to mainly be just crappy welds... There's probably an
>issue of the original design in that it appears that it was originally
>just welded to light sheet metal instead of something substantial...

That's exactly the problem. I ended up pulling the door, adding some
heavy strap to the door post. I drilled and tapped the strap, and the
door post. Fished the strap down through the hole where the hinge
goes and screwed though the post into the strap. Then I drilled and
tapped for the hinge mounting bolts. Put the whole thing back
together and it's better than new. It at least distributes the weight
of the door over a larger area on the thin metal of the door post.
--
Old Crow "Yol Bolsun!"
'82 FLTC-P "Miss Pearl"
'95 YJ Rio Grande
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, MAMBM


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Re: XJ Door Hinge Mounts
 

On Tue, 15 May 2007 15:19:40 -0500, Grumman-581
<grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 15 May 2007 13:36:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
>wrote:
>
>> The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go
>> from them.
>
>Mine appear to mainly be just crappy welds... There's probably an
>issue of the original design in that it appears that it was originally
>just welded to light sheet metal instead of something substantial...

That's exactly the problem. I ended up pulling the door, adding some
heavy strap to the door post. I drilled and tapped the strap, and the
door post. Fished the strap down through the hole where the hinge
goes and screwed though the post into the strap. Then I drilled and
tapped for the hinge mounting bolts. Put the whole thing back
together and it's better than new. It at least distributes the weight
of the door over a larger area on the thin metal of the door post.
--
Old Crow "Yol Bolsun!"
'82 FLTC-P "Miss Pearl"
'95 YJ Rio Grande
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, MAMBM


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Re: XJ Door Hinge Mounts
 

On Tue, 15 May 2007 15:19:40 -0500, Grumman-581
<grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 15 May 2007 13:36:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
>wrote:
>
>> The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go
>> from them.
>
>Mine appear to mainly be just crappy welds... There's probably an
>issue of the original design in that it appears that it was originally
>just welded to light sheet metal instead of something substantial...

That's exactly the problem. I ended up pulling the door, adding some
heavy strap to the door post. I drilled and tapped the strap, and the
door post. Fished the strap down through the hole where the hinge
goes and screwed though the post into the strap. Then I drilled and
tapped for the hinge mounting bolts. Put the whole thing back
together and it's better than new. It at least distributes the weight
of the door over a larger area on the thin metal of the door post.
--
Old Crow "Yol Bolsun!"
'82 FLTC-P "Miss Pearl"
'95 YJ Rio Grande
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, MAMBM


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