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    Side and rear door removal question?

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    Post by westcoastvanner Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:36 pm

    When you remove the side and rear doors, do you remove the hinge pins or do you unscrew the hinge screws?
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    Post by donivan65 Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:42 am

    well,,,,looking at a Dodge door sitting in my back yard,,,,,,there only seems to be 1 easy way to take the doors off and that is to unscrew them from the van rather than  drilling out the rivets or taking a torch and heating up that pin to beat it out,,,,,,,,



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    Post by dix Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:32 pm

    Yep Donnie set you in the right direction


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    Post by donivan65 Thu Aug 13, 2015 2:28 pm

    ,,then I am surely not going into the Dodge hinge repair business,,,,,,,Chevys come with plastic bushings,,,,and dont last long,,,,,so I drill them out and put the bigger,,,,,,,,,DODGE,,,,,,,brass bushings and pins in them,,,,,,,,,,,


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    Post by westcoastvanner Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:05 am

    Many thanks for the info.
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    Post by dix Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:49 pm

    the biggest problem with the dodge barn doors is the factory uses the big rivets on the door side that you would need to drill out to remove from the door. then use a carriage bolt to reinstall them


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    Post by sweetvan Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:30 am

    If you just want to remove the doors, just pound the pins out. There is no need to remove the hinge just to take the doors off.
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    Post by westcoastvanner Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:10 am

    I am looking to replace them, so removing the bolts is my best option. Next question... how do I line up the replacement doors, is there way to adjust the doors or is it just hit and miss on installing them?
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    Post by dix Tue Aug 25, 2015 1:31 pm

    did you remove the old doors yet ?? was there shims between the hinge and the body ??
    bolt the doors up just snug, then move them up and down to align the body seams, then
    try lifting one at a time from the bottom corner hopefully you can see where to shim them.


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    Post by westcoastvanner Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:17 pm

    That's the info that I needed. Thanks!

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