Plays For Jeeps
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Real quick, before 7pm when the hardware store closes. What size and what kind of pins should I buy to make my front doors removable?
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What size pins should I buy to make my front doors removable?
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Plays For Jeeps
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- Allentown PA
Now do I need cotter pins or bolts with nuts? Does it matter?
Thanks a ton!
Thanks a ton!
RCP Phx
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Just buy bolts with a long enough shank that you can cut off the threads and still have a little extra to install a safety clip!
Plays For Jeeps
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what exactly do you mean by safety clips?
RCP Phx
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Or a solution for both if you can find then in the size you need....
Plays For Jeeps
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^Option C. was what I was thinking.
Thanks!
Now is it true my doors will never fit right again after using pins?
Thanks!
Now is it true my doors will never fit right again after using pins?
RCP Phx
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As long as the pins are the correct size the door will never know if they are permanent or removable!
pma4x4
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FYI,
I just made mine removable last week and all went well. I used a 1/4" x3" bolt and cut the threads off and tapered the tip to help on installation. The only problem i noticed and i dont know if its mine or all Xjs but the 1/4" bolt fit tight just like factory but in the hinge hole there is a brass mesh bushing. When i tried to install the doors with the actual full weight the new pins caught that bushing and i couldnt get them in the hole at all.
I ended up having to remove that bushing and now when the doors are open they sag a bit due to the hole now being just a hair larger. I just re-adjusted the doors to swing better. They do drag up a bit right before they latch shut.
Other then that mine went just fine.
I just made mine removable last week and all went well. I used a 1/4" x3" bolt and cut the threads off and tapered the tip to help on installation. The only problem i noticed and i dont know if its mine or all Xjs but the 1/4" bolt fit tight just like factory but in the hinge hole there is a brass mesh bushing. When i tried to install the doors with the actual full weight the new pins caught that bushing and i couldnt get them in the hole at all.
I ended up having to remove that bushing and now when the doors are open they sag a bit due to the hole now being just a hair larger. I just re-adjusted the doors to swing better. They do drag up a bit right before they latch shut.
Other then that mine went just fine.
sandman
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How did you cut the threads off the bolt? I was thinking of chucking it in a drill and grind em off.
93GRNXJ
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put the bolt in a vice and use a grinder with a cut off wheel to take it right off. or if you dont have that use a hack saw to cut off the threads
pma4x4
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93GRNXJ said:
What he said.
90Blue_XJ
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Chuck it in the lathe and cut them off.
Plays For Jeeps
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are the 3"x1/4 pins that hard to find or is this a better fit?
rocklandxjer
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by the way, 7mm fits perfectly when the copper sheath is removed [from pre 97] not sure about post 97
pma4x4
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rocklandxjer said:
Yeah, I already got the 1/4" bolts, cut them down, grinded the tips and weleded them on to the hinge before realizing there was a bushing in there.
I tried the 7mm originally and found it to be two large but I will try them when i make my own tube doors.
