XJ Door Hinge Mounts

I've been noticing some noise coming from my front passenger door when I opened or closed it... I originally thought that I just needed to lubricate the hinge... Closer inspection has shown me that the problem appears to instead be due to the welds on the portion of the hinge that attaches to the vehicle frame being broken... Anyone had this problem before? How difficult is it to repair?

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Grumman-581
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Hmmm... Further research seems to indicate that there was a recall associated with this issue...

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Maybe I won't need to re-weld it myself...

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Grumman-581

After contacting the dealership and Chrysler, it appears that the recall number mentioned in the Service Bulletin does not concern the door hinge, but is just telling the dealerships that they were given a power riveter for another recall (#785) and if they want another one, they will need to buy it themselves...

So, it looks like I'm back to thinking about re-welding it...

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Grumman-581

What year is it? There was a recall on some.

You need a new door post to fix it, which is a fair job....

Mike

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Mike Romain

1995...

A new door post? Why? It has come unwelded, but there do not appear to be any holes in the underlying metal... It's like the original weld didn't have proper penetration...

I'm thinking that I'll need to put a wooden block underneath the door to spread the force a bit and then use a hydraulic jack to lift up on it until the weld goes back into place... Then, re-weld it in place...

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Grumman-581

The ones I am thinking about had rotted door posts so the welds let go from them.

My source didn't show a recall on the 95.

Mike

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Mike Romain

Mine appear to mainly be just crappy welds... There's probably an issue of the original design in that it appears that it was originally just welded to light sheet metal instead of something substantial...

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Grumman-581

That's exactly the problem. I ended up pulling the door, adding some heavy strap to the door post. I drilled and tapped the strap, and the door post. Fished the strap down through the hole where the hinge goes and screwed though the post into the strap. Then I drilled and tapped for the hinge mounting bolts. Put the whole thing back together and it's better than new. It at least distributes the weight of the door over a larger area on the thin metal of the door post.

-- Old Crow "Yol Bolsun!" '82 FLTC-P "Miss Pearl" '95 YJ Rio Grande BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, MAMBM

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