Northern Wrangler

Not wanting to be a smart ass or anything but you did remove the torx screws before trying to lift the doors off the hinges right? The doors don't just drop into place. I just don't see how the door pins that swivel freely in the hinges would not lift out if the torx were removed.

Please update.

jeepsta

yea that is so wierd i have owned a jeep since 1999 and never greased or anything and never had this problem.

rws

Mine are doing the exact same thing.. The Jeep isn't that old at all so i don't see any good reason why these hinges are deteriorating so fast and that time span.. I'm thinking of contacting EVO and seeing if I can get their hinges without the polished stainless.. And then powder coating them from there..

rws

They were removed.. I figured it would be a real easy thing to do as the door open and close no prob, albeit stiffer then they were new.. But ended up being a nightmare to break apart..

porters

I had the same problem but found a solution. For me I had someone push upward on the door as I carefully moved the door in an opening and closing motion. It took about 15 minutes but the door would raise up a 1/16th at a time and then another 1/16th, and so on until the door came off. After that I put some white lithium grease onto the pins and now they pop right off.

On the aftermarket front, there are some stainless steel aftermarket hinges out there.

rubi08unlimited

I had the same issue. It took hour but i finally got the hinge pins up and out and found that the bushings had very little teflon left on them, it was peeling off in sheets. I ordered all new bushings and it works like a dream now. My hinges them selves are all bubbled up and my dealer says they'll be able to get them replaced under the corrosion warranty. I probably should have waited and saved myself the $150 in bushings cuz they probably would have replaced those as well. And furthermore, if you don't live in new england, you don't know what the salt they put down will do to these vehicles and fast. My frame is corroding at an alarming rate and I need to have a rubberized undercoating done ASAP

rws

I'll call the dealership today.. The frame was the next worry in my book.. I can honestly say that for an "offroad vehicle", I've been extremely disappointed in the durability across the board.. Chrysler was the worst thing that ever happened to Jeep imo..

rws

Update:

Just got off the phone with Chrysler, and they looked for every reason possible not to honor their warranty concerning the hinges. The reason - I live in what they consider the "salt belt" and hinges that are badly corroded and freeze up are not considered factory defects.. So I asked her if having a $30k that has 4 doors that barely work in acceptable - She wouldn't answer the question until I pushed the issue.. At the end of the whole deal, no matter what I said, or what reasoning I gave them that this situation is unacceptable for a vehicle in this price range and age, they didn't care.. I even went on to ask if she thought it was normal to have to buy $400 worth of replacement hinges after this amount of time.. Again, no response.. No wonder why Chrysler has always been a distant 3rd with the big 3.. Poor service and a poor product.. I'm bullshit right now..