out of line doors

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)

mackrice wrote:
> 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.

thanks for the info-

Bob wrote:
>> 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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