One of the hinge pins on my recently acquired half doors has a bad hinge pin (broken off threads). I haven't tried yet, but can that pin just be popped out and replaced?
Door hinge pins
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Why do you need the threads? Once I took the nuts off the pins, I never reinstalled them...doors have stayed on just fine.
If you do replace them, they have a knurl at the top. You can try to whack then out with a hammer...I tried, but scratched my door. I ended up pulling the hinges, placing the in a vice, and beating the shit out of them. Mine were rusty though...YMMV
If you do replace them, they have a knurl at the top. You can try to whack then out with a hammer...I tried, but scratched my door. I ended up pulling the hinges, placing the in a vice, and beating the shit out of them. Mine were rusty though...YMMV
X2, no worries about the missing threads for the hinge pin nut. I haven't had hinge pin nuts on my TJ in 21 years.
Ya, I could just leave the nuts off, but since the doors will only be on with no top at all, I think the nuts will slow down a door thief, maybe just a little, but some.
Door thief? Wow...fine people you must have around. Who would steal a door?
Haha, I was thinking the same thing. You'd have to be quite the thief to make off with a pair of doors!
I can think of somebody in North Cali who might be keen on 'borrowing 'a pair of white half doors hehe
@CodaMan go nutless !! they only get in the way anyway
I'm staying far away from that area that's for sure
This is California, they'll steal anything. I've had 2 pickups stolen and one tailgate, one of the pickups they pushed 2 blocks because they couldn't get past my fuel cutoff. In fact my neighbors kids saw them pushing it at 3 AM and told the cops he thought it was me. SAD!
and BTW, I live in the great neighborhood. I guess if you want to steal good stuff go to a good place.
Seriously? That's crazy. Where are you at when this happened? I park my TJ in the garage every day and night, so there's no real way for anyone to steal anything off of it, unless it happened when I was out at dinner or running an errand I suppose.
My TJ stays in the garage, but the 2 stolen vehicles and the tailgate were stolen from my driveway.
Edit: and I was home each time
There was a guy here in Jacksonville who had his Jeep doors stolen on base!
I still leave the nuts off on my half doors, but I only have the doors on for about 4 months a year.
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I still leave the nuts off on my half doors, but I only have the doors on for about 4 months a year.
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fourpointzero
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I can’t believe there’s that little concern for doors ending up in some thieves scummy hands! Here, in Jersey, I’ve heard of a few Jeepers losing doors. I’ve got Mcgard door pin ‘locks’ on mine, just for a little added security.
https://www.quadratec.com/products/55017_9102.htm
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fourpointzero
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Ive got a cousin who owns a house in Cali. Woodland Hills to be exact. Says crooks have even stolen plants off his lawn! I consider Cali is a hotbed for Jeep thievery.
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