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| | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 158 | Trying to get the cab apart for resto.
On the driver's door, lower hinge, one of the nuts on the mounting bolt is spinning free. So I thought I'd slide the door off the hinge, then fight with the hinge without the weight of the door. I undid all of the lower bolts, but the door isn't sliding off the hinge. I didn't want to force it if it wasn't supposed to go. Am I missing a step?
Thanks, mark.
51 KY 3100 | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 355 | i dont see you missing any steps. Theres three bolts in the door hinges, at the door. It wont just fall off, you'll have to pull fairly hard to get it off. It common for the hinge bolts to do this in the A pilars. The nut is only spot welded on. Ussally you have to cut the bolt head off with a die grinder to get it apart. Fixing the trouble is a whole lot harder, as you have to weld a nut back on. If you have cowl panel damage to fix, thats the time to work on the hinge pockets. Alway tap out the holes (3/8 fine) before installing the door parts. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 163 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 163 | Sometimes you have to tilt the door out from the top since the hinge is made with a slight bend. Try that and see if it works. Thats what I had to do. | | |
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