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mackrice - 16 Sep 2006 18:02 GMT

I noticed that my doors arent closing right-And I actually have to slam them
really hard in order for them to stay shut-The pins on my doors seem like
theyre too small-How hard is it to change them?(both front doors)

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Bob - 18 Sep 2006 00:18 GMT

> I noticed that my doors arent closing right-And I actually have to slam them
> really hard in order for them to stay shut-The pins on my doors seem like
> theyre too small-How hard is it to change them?(both front doors)

I bought replacement hinge pins and bushings for about $10 each
door("Help!" brand for Ford pickups works on the explorer). Replacing
them is not real hard but can be tricky to do without removing the door
from the vehicle. I used a small die grinder to grind the heads off the
old pins then was able to drive the old pins out, remove the half of the
hinge that contains the bushings, install the new bushings, then
reassembled in reverse order to taking them out. There are other ways to
do it also if you do a search. My doors close with one finger now.
Grease the new ones as you put them in and they'll last a long time.

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mackrice - 19 Sep 2006 03:38 GMT

thanks for the info-

>> I noticed that my doors arent closing right-And I actually have to slam them
>> really hard in order for them to stay shut-The pins on my doors seem like
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>do it also if you do a search. My doors close with one finger now.
>Grease the new ones as you put them in and they'll last a long time.

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