quick remove door hinge?

[bigbri69]

started installing my new wh quick remove door hinges..after me and a buddy spent about 3 hours adjusting them bolth doors close good.like all u have to do is give then a lil swing shut and that fully close without a slam.my ? is even as good as thay shut i cant lift them up and off.then u mess with the bolts to tweek them and the door closes like crap and binds or hits the body.how much of a pain r thay to get to swing and come off?any tricks u guys have or something im not seeing?i have done everything myself sofar but im about to have a body guy do them on the side if i dont get them soon.any help will be great.thanks

 

[Evian]

I am waiting for mine to arrive. My suggestion is to have the body guy install them.

 

[Broncology]

started installing my new wh quick remove door hinges..after me and a buddy spent about 3 hours adjusting them bolth doors close good.like all u have to do is give then a lil swing shut and that fully close without a slam.my ? is even as good as thay shut i cant lift them up and off.then u mess with the bolts to tweek them and the door closes like crap and binds or hits the body.how much of a pain r thay to get to swing and come off?any tricks u guys have or something im not seeing?i have done everything myself sofar but im about to have a body guy do them on the side if i dont get them soon.any help will be great.thanks

I had lift off hinges...then sold them. Im not experienced with mounting doors, so Im positive this was why I could not get them to lift off. I could align the doors so they would open and shut perfect....but apparently I was still doing something wrong because I could never get them to "lift" off while aligned. I know its user error on my part but to me they were more of a pain then what they were worth. Keep at it, and good luck!

 

[red hot71]

I have the same type and am ready to install,looking at them I came to the same conclusion if you dont have them in aline there's know way to remove them. My idea that I'am going to try is, a piece of 5/16 rod by 18" that I'am going to use to line up the top and bottom hinges with on the hinge jamb,once there set I'll set the door hinges tight enought to install and then? When I set up the doors during paint prep I used the oringal hinges that I rebuilt and had to make shims out of 25 gauge steel with the 3 bolt hole pattern this was to shim the door to square it into the opening,some of the shims I cut so they were only 2 holes what ever it took. So I'am not even sure they are going to work because hinges become almost enique to the rig after you spend the time setting up the doors. But if it works let me know.Mike

 

[ManTruck]

Please don't tell me this, I just did the paint thing and took delivery of my new WH stainless hinge kit. I will be watching this thread, and maybe posting more.

 

[stock1970]

I wonder if anyone has them on and working correctly.. waiting to see if they are worth buying or not..

 

[ManTruck]

I believe others have had luck and that is why I bought. I am sure I have read good things, I need to find the post for that which details the good things.

 

[bigbri69]

just out there playing with them again but with no help its to hard to hold the door and wrench.i tell u guys it looks (doba)dead on balls accurate.im about to shave the pin down so it slides and fits better.i realy want to but then ill hear thr doors claning like a tailgate.ill keep u posted.has anybody had luck with them?

 

[stock1970]

is there no other bronco drivers close to your place.. I am sure they would come over and help out..

 

[JMP]

I installed mine last summer. very happy with them (got the stainless ones). pita to install, but keep at it and be careful with the front of the door lip, easy to ding up.

 

[bigbri69]

is there no other bronco drivers close to your place.. I am sure they would come over and help out..

i dident think of that.im sure there is maybe ill try that if we dont get them to work.

 

[Salgood]

I have had good luck with mine (WH) - I will say that when I lift my doors off I have to swing the door back and forth while I lift up and that seems to do the trick - I also have to swing it back and forth full swing to get them to set back down - its a pain and takes some muscle - but easier than bolting and unbolting....

BC

 

[71_blue]

I installed them a couple years ago and like Salgood wrote, you have to swing the door back and forth while lifting to get them off. Same with putting the doors back on. Line them up and swing the door and they settle back down.

Too bad they don't make just the door side as I would like to make up some tube doors on the same hinge.

 

[chrlsful]

Too bad they don't make just the door side

U can buy them, look in U R catalogues under soft doors, I saw it listed.

/OR/ If U haVE spare hinges cut them to match. That's what they do (and weld - a pin in for the eye of the other side).

 

[matt w]

I installed them a couple years ago and like Salgood wrote, you have to swing the door back and forth while lifting to get them off. Same with putting the doors back on. Line them up and swing the door and they settle back down.

Too bad they don't make just the door side as I would like to make up some tube doors on the same hinge.

I bought tube doors on this site. I then drilled out my stock hinges to except 5/16 bolts. I painted the head of the bolts to match the color of the doors. I use Nylon nuts, also painted, to lock the doors down. Once I reinstalled the hinges I now have tube doors and stock doors that slip right in place. ... seems to work and I saved some dough on buying hinges.;D

 

[chrlsful]

MATT-
The best to me is: just take out the pin, replace it with an "ag. 'linch pin'". At the most you have to ream the hinges for the small diamiter ones. It keeps the full leaves/knuckles (whatever they're called) strength w/o loppin off 1 side as the after mrkt guys do. My only prob is the head hits the spot on the bronk's belt line that sticks out (where they put the chrome on fancyer models).
What bout the bolt head U use Matt? Did U grind off 1 side?

 

[matt w]

MATT-
The best to me is: just take out the pin, replace it with an "ag. 'linch pin'". At the most you have to ream the hinges for the small diamiter ones. It keeps the full leaves/knuckles (whatever they're called) strength w/o loppin off 1 side as the after mrkt guys do. My only prob is the head hits the spot on the bronk's belt line that sticks out (where they put the chrome on fancyer models).
What bout the bolt head U use Matt? Did U grind off 1 side?

Well, if you think about it there is absolutely no weight on the actual hinge pin or in my case "bolt".

On the upper hinge because of the body/chrome, I "GASP" install the bolt with the head of the bolt on the bottom..I can hear it already%): "Oh my gosh! but what if the bolt slips out!" Well like I said I am using the nylon/self locking type Nuts. They WILL not come loose with out someone taking a wrench to them! Also they are snug even with out the nut to hold them in. They WILL NOT FALL OUT!

..Works for me & I still have the added "beef" of a full hinge!;D

 

[broncokak]

Please don't tell me this, I just did the paint thing and took delivery of my new WH stainless hinge kit. I will be watching this thread, and maybe posting more.

Todd has a set on his Blue Bronco and the doors close nice and he can pick them right up off the hinges to remove them. I have the same set from WH but haven't put them on yet. I'll ask him what he did to line his up. He opens the doors to about a 90* angle to the truck and just wiggles them a little and they come right off.

 

[chrlsful]

@ $250 or how ever much I still like the linch pin or bolt idea.

You didn't hafta grind some offa the nyloc to pass by the body 'embossment", Matt?

 

[matt w]

@ $250 or how ever much I still like the linch pin or bolt idea.

You didn't hafta grind some offa the nyloc to pass by the body 'embossment", Matt?

Not at all;D..it just fits!;D
...you just gotta be careful with the open end wrench and you wont put a mark.scratch on your paint or chrome...BTW I have the "fancy" chrome trim! heh-heh

At least thats what I did AND YES I still had to go through aligning it all up since I had to remove the hinges to drill them out...but once that initial alignment was done it is an easy switch. I still get the beef of full hinges and saved on buying a hinge kit!