Author Topic: KDXSR5s Wyo DD Build: Starting To Come Together.............SLOWLY (Read 137855 times)

KDXSR5 · « **Reply #330 on:** Jun 22, 2009, 04:26:39 PM »

Ok... Quick release hinges.

Step #1: Mark where hinge lines up on door side (sharpie works) and take off doors by removing bolts. (no pic)

Step #2: Remove fenders or remove enough bolts to get fenders out of the way. (no pic)

Step #3: Mark were hinge lines up on body (again sharpie works). (no pic)

Step #4: Remove hinges from body. Mark both body and door side of hinges with side (driver or passenger), position (top or bottom), and direction (arrow pointing up works) as you remove them. This keeps you from getting mixed up. You now have this (x4):

Step #5: Cut pin in half (hack saw works) and remove however necessary. DO NOT MESS UP THE BRASS BUSHING!!!!!

Step#6: Go to store and find some pins that fit snugly in the hinge. I found some coupler pins that worked (left in pic). Buy 4 of them. Remove the lock wire (right in pic):

Step#7: Flatten one side of all 4 pins (a large file and a vise work). This allows the pins to clear the mounting bolts on the door:

Step #8: Assemble a hinge with a pin. Mark a spot to file a grove in so a clip can be installed towards the end of the pin. Make a grove (ON 2 PINS) that will allow the clip to be installed. Pics will help this make sense:

With clip installed:

Step #9: Put door side of all 4 hinges on the doors in the spot were you marked so they stay aligned. (no pic)

Step #10: assemble all 4 hinges. Bottom hinges have the pin drop in from the top. Top hinges have the pin slide in from the bottom and are clipped at the top. This will leave the hinges assembled and hanging off of the doors. (no pic)

Step #11: Reinstall doors by bolting hinges to the body. Align hinges with the outlines you drew earlier. (no pic)

Step# 12: Put fenders back on. (no pic)

Step #13: do some final alignment of necessary. (no pic)

Step #14: ALL DONE!!! Here are completed pics from the passenger side on my truck:

Top:

Bottom:

So there you go. Some quick release hinges. The pins do require replacing every six months to a year because they get wear groves in them. (I have had one set on the truck for a year or so). Removal and install take about 30 seconds per door once you get used to it. I made a couple vids to show that.

Removal:

http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee218/KDXSR5/Quick%20Release%20Hinges/?action=view&current=0622091536.flv

Install:

http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee218/KDXSR5/Quick%20Release%20Hinges/?action=view&current=0622091543.flv

Any questions just ask.

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Re: KDXSR5s Wyo DD Build. Yup its still here. Quick release doors how-to: 6/22/09

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