needing new door hinges they hang bad and dont close all they way and leak air goin down the highway, where can i get 'em? and i have a little wobble that can get extreme at times not bad yet but wanna fix it b4 it gets bad! any help? thanks!

 

The quick and dirty way is to put a block of hard wood in the lower hinge and push the door closed. Keep pushing and checking till the door is up to where it's supposed to be. Then adjust the catch if needed, and you're done.

On the '70s Dodges this was regular maintenance.

John

 

they can be rebuilt drop me a line and i will fill ya in not to sure on your wobble coulb be ball joints jack up the front end and check for side to side play and top to bottom play by pulling/pushing on you tire


JC

 

I just got enough to do six doors from ROCK AUTO = the cheapest place to buy name-brand parts that I have ever dealt with.


Another trick that I personally have used on sagging doors is to place a short length of 4x4 between a jack, and the bottom surface of the slightly open door.

Put the wood against the inner bottom portion of the door, NOT THE OUTER SHEET-METAL.

Carefully apply upward pressure with the jack.

A floor jack works best, but a HandyMan, bottle-jack, scissors, or whatever, will get the job done.

What happens over time, in addition to the hinge-pins wearing out, is the weight of the door will sort of bend the sheet-metal around the hinges.

This upward jacking sort of bends things back where they started.

It is important that the door only be slightly open, just enough to get the block of wood under the strong part of the door.

If this is attempted with the door wide open, the results will be catastrophic.

 

As of about 6 months ago you could get the hinges from Dodge, I was going to get them for my truck if I could not find the repair kit. I still might do it. They were aroung $70.00 each.


Another trick that I personally have used on sagging doors is to place a short length of 4x4 between a jack, and the bottom surface of the slightly open door.

Put the wood against the inner bottom portion of the door, NOT THE OUTER SHEET-METAL.

Carefully apply upward pressure with the jack.

A floor jack works best, but a HandyMan, bottle-jack, scissors, or whatever, will get the job done.

What happens over time, in addition to the hinge-pins wearing out, is the weight of the door will sort of bend the sheet-metal around the hinges.

This upward jacking sort of bends things back where they started.

It is important that the door only be slightly open, just enough to get the block of wood under the strong part of the door.

If this is attempted with the door wide open, the results will be catastrophic.


If that doesn't work then you can weld your doors shut and get in your truck like Bo & Luke Duke do.



If this is attempted with the door wide open, the results will be catastrophic


Would this be along the same as backing up your truck with the door open and hitting the fire hydrant someone had left at the curb?
I never did that..

Jim

 

ok all cool tricks and tips ill give them a shot also do you think i could get them from dodge amd have the dodge house put them on?? and the wobble isint bad just every once in a blue moon it'll do it bad otheres and sometimes when im stopping or slowing it'll have just a minor shake, im not really the do it yourself with this trcuk since its my every day truck that gets me to school work and rodeos all over the country. i appericate all the help!