The bushing inside the female part of the door hing on my 2002 TJ is gone. When I put my hard doors on, the other doors ripped part of it out. So I removed it all. But the dealer does not sell the bushing, it sells only the comple hinge. Is there a trick or something I can use to put in the hinge so it is not loose any more
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Have you tried looking in the parts bins at your local ACE Hardware (or similar) usually they have all sorts of bushings. Somtimes the "HELP" section of PepBoys or Canadian tire..etc has these things.
Another possiblity is a small piece of PVC pipe or brass/copper/aluminum tube cut to fit. You might have to notch it out a bit. Just something to think of.
oug had the right idea, but you will proably have to drill the female tang out a little to have enough to work with. I did the same repair on one of the kid's Nisson but that one used a pin (which the dealer wanted nearly $40 for) that exactly fit inside a 1/4 inch copper tube which in turn pressed nicely into the wallowed out hole. Held for 4 years, maybe still going. If you oil the things every so often even a steel bushing will work. Ask a local machinist what he would charge to trun a stock one down for you.
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