How To Take Off Car Door And Remove Hinges On A Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Easily remove & reinstall a car door on a Chrysler 300 & 200, Dodge Charger, Dodge Magnum, Dodge Journey, & others including its spring hinges. Click on SHOW MORE for a step by step guide with all tools and parts needed. Please SUBSCRIBE & 👍 if this helps. #FixCarYourself 👉
This video was made to show others how the mechanics of a car door and specifically correct the bad upper and lower door hinges clunk or popping sound which plague many Chrysler, Dodge, & Jeep vehicles as this is a TSB.
In fact, you can watch this quick video of fixing that annoying sound which involves only using some lithium grease here:
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To see how to remove the rear door, you can check that video out here:
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🧰 Tools needed:
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Lifting or holding device such as a floor jack, jack stand, wheelbarrow, or blocks of concrete or wood
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📋 INSTRUCTIONS:
REMOVE:
Step 1:
Open the door and place an object underneath the door to support it weight.
⚠️ VERY IMPORTANT: The door may look light but it is quite heavy and weighs over a 100 pounds, so make sure you have a suitable tool like a jack stand, flat bed cart, or wheelbarrow to support the door when separated AND when installing back onto the vehicle!
Step 2:
🖊️ Trace both the top and bottom hinge with a marker so you precisely line up each hinge exactly the way it was before removing and after you put it back on.
Step 3:
Disengage the wire harness which connects to the door. It is located inside the car to the side of the A-Pillar or frame of the car behind a rubber boot. You may have to use a pry bar or flat tip screwdriver to wiggle it out.
Once it is removed slightly, then push on the connector to fully release or unhook the connection piece from the car and so it is no longer connected.
Step 4:
You will see 👀 4 screw nuts that connect the hinge to the door. On the top of the hinge is a long stem or stud and the bottom hinge has a long stem as well. Remember the placement of these stems.
ℹ️ These studs help support the weight of the car door.
Use a 13 mm short socket and ratchet wrench 🔧 on each of the 4 hinge nuts and remove.
You should feel the door falling onto the weight of the holding device which is good.
Step 5:
Carefully remove & pick up the door & move it to the right (passenger side) or left (driver side) off of the long stem which secures/holds the door to the car.
HINGE REMOVAL:
Step 6:
ℹ️ Make sure the hinges are nicely traced 🖊️!
2 screw bolts on the top and 2 on the bottom need to be removed. In order to take off with ease, start by using a breaker bar to loosen them. Then use a regular ratchet 🔧 with an extension and a deep 13 mm socket.
ℹ️ You might need to use a short 13 mm socket for some of the screws depending on how much room you have to work with. In addition you may have to angle each hinge to get better access to place your wrench on the bolts for removal.
REINSTALL THE HINGE:
Step 7:
Place each hinge on its traced 🖊️ line. Then screw each bolt in a little at a time using a 13 mm socket and ratchet. Torque all 4 bolts to 21 ft. LBS
Make sure each spring hinge feels tight, and then position it so the door stems line up into the holes of the hinges.
REINSTALL CAR DOOR:
Step 8:
Place the door on a holding device and then lift it up and push the stems of the door through the holes of the hinges.
Step 9:
While a helper pushes the door towards the frame of the car. Screw on each of the 4 nuts to secure the door.
Step 10:
Go back and forth between tightening the nuts. Finally retighten each nut and torque 🔧 to 21 foot pounds.
Step 11:
Remove the holding object and make sure the door is on tight. Test it by opening and closing it.
Step 12:
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Just letting you know I just did this on a 2002 Dodge Durango. All you need is a metric socket wrench. The hinges are just bolted on, no cutting needed. Everything comes off with one wrench.
Nice good to know!
Flying 2000km to pick up a 2014 Cherokee that's had a sideswipe scrape and dent on the passenger door and the owners are selling for half market value. Easy flip. It's a big enough city I know I won't even need to paint a door, I'll find a color match at a wreckers. Just checking in before I go, making sure it's as straightforward as it oughta be. Guess I'm booking a flight!
great. I like your can fix attitude!
I went to pick up a used 2001 dodge stratus 4 dr, driver door. Your right about that.( heavy) That door
had my back hurting , but I put it in and out even tried the back seat ,that didn't work loading it in my 1988 buick electra park ave. It has a big trunk but still, can't shut it all the way, almost. My back is halfway better next morning. Now to install my great buy $80 dollar and $20. in gas driver door .
now to find what to lift it today , so I don't have to do more than balance half the weight. lot of big blocks I cut with a chainsaw I guess and a rubber tire 2 wheel dolly to move old one away to junk pile.
Nice whatever does it!
I think this will be extremely helpful I have a 1990 Dodge van and the brackets have little couplers in them that need replacing and the door leans so now the assembly that closes the doors broken due to the leaning.. Time to take it all apart and fix it❤
Cool. Hope it's easy!
This video was really hard to find. Hola. I was starting to think I was just going to have to figure it out and make a video for the next guys
Well then, Thanks and I'm glad this was the one that helped you out!
Thank you for the video, very helpful :)
You are welcome!
🎉Great video yep just ordered hinges and replacements required. I have the crappie spring type hinge and tried greasing a year ago once both front doors on my 2017 dodge caravan started popping sound and eventually driver side door broke. You just gave me what’s required. Thanks!
Glad it helped. Hopefully your problem (the annoying sound) is fixed now!
Appreciate your time and instructions
THANKS. Glad it helped!!!
@@FixCarYourselfWhat if the door is cracked?
Where is the crack specifically...can the crack be filled. How wide is the crack?
❤😂🎉 You did that so quickly. 😂 That was so Awesome!
Thanks!
Can you demonstrate how to replace right rear tailgate hinge cover on 2018 Pacifica Hybrid
I'll write it down and make a video of this.
Great work! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Shaky video but still helpful. Just what I was looking for.
Glad it helped, didn't have a tripod that day.
@@FixCarYourself Helped a lot , a replacement door arrived today with hinges still fitted but thanks to your video I will retain the original hinges on the car and hopefully everything will line up ok. Cheers !
Oh please! If you can’t understand what’s being shown carry it to a Dealership they’ll be glad to charge you $1,000 per door. Geez some people.
Good vid, thanks bud!
No problem 👍
Thank you good sir
Glad it helped.
Thank you,very helpful.
Glad this helped!
Yes It Was ,Thanks For That!😊
Nice man I liked the in depth video on the parts and connections made!!! 🎉😊
Thanks! I try to focus on the details!
For vehicles that use a key fob, will the new door recognize it?
Yes, the wire connector connects to the door. So no problem.
At 7:10 what happened to you other wire connector??? You only connected one back and not the smaller one. Oddly it disappeared from view. Did it fall back into the frame?
Great question, and great Eyes 👀!!! So I actually replaced the entire door, which unfortunately for me had a different wire connector. My original door was damaged but the wire connector inside was still good, BUT it had 2 connectors, while the new donor door I got had 1 connector.
So in addition to removing and reinstalling the door as shown in this video, I later had to also swap out and open up the insides of my original door AND the replacement door to switch the entire wire harness so it would plug into the rest of the wire inside of the A Pillar section which you spot. 👏👏👏
This might sound confusing, but basically I got a replacement door that was identical except the wiring harness.
I still posted the video to help others out. Unfortunately I didn't record swapping of the wire harness, but for most people that would be pointless, as if you are looking for a door to replace usually the wire harness is the same so therefore you only need to remove and reinstall a door if long if the part number (or door in this case) is the same.
Long story, but hope this explanation helped, and again great job on catching this!!!
I am putting a new door on my car but i forgot if i had 2 connectors as well. So the connectors didnt line up on the other door? Dont know if i will have to do this as well, any idea if you remember trying it? And also your old harness had a spot for 2 connectors it seems like, thats odd if you didnt have a need for it
Did you watch the video? He showed attaching door onto bolts and bolts and made harness connection to insure all electrical wiring worked before completing tightening bolts and nuts.
thank you sir for this easy pro- master procedure
You are welcome. Hopefully you get this off fast!
I have the second type of hinges and my driver's door won't stay propped open but I can't figure out what's wrong with the hinge that it won't catch and hold itself open
Check to see if the hinge is properly aligned and tightened. You might have to adjust it as well.
Same process for a 2014 Dodge Avenger? And does the door have to be open?!
Not specifically sure for an Avenger, but most likely yes for the front door. You also have to disconnect the wire harness connector and the door has to be open to do that.
are chrysler 300 05--------and 07 dodge charger have the same wire harrness in the door..?..
I think so. However do a quick part search and you'll know for sure. I took a wire harness off once before and the connector was different in the it was split into 2 connectors instead if 1, but that was for a 2010, and a 2008.
For 05 to 07. They should be the same. But when in doubt do a part search.
@@FixCarYourself ok thanks
merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo, cela m'aidera à enlever ma portière de mon Dodge Charger 2010 R/T, les informations pour les outils et vidéo claire et précis pour les recommendations
glad this helped! content que cela ait aidé!
Can you take off the lower hinge without removing the door or the top hinge?
It depends on the hinge type of the vehicle. Also, you may be able to take the bottom off completely if long if you loosen the top hinge. I'm not looking at the door at the moment, but that's what I'm thinking.
@@FixCarYourself Preciate it! I actually went to pull apart earlier & swapped out the hinges when I got back. I did end up taking the the door off though.
@@itswhatever31 Cool. Great hope it was easy for you, and not too time consuming!
Can I replace the stud ??
The stud is welded into the actual door. So not something that is normally replaced. If you know how to weld or use an alternative method that may help.
Why did you remove the hinges ? We’re they bad ?
Nope...I just wanted others to see how to remove the hinges. As sometimes people just replace 1 of the hinges.
@@FixCarYourself okay thanks for answering I will soon be using this tutorial on my 2017 Chrysler 300
Great 👍
What if the door is cracked?
Where is the crack specifically...can the crack be filled. How wide is the crack.
The plastic stuff that has the wires attached to the door is just too fkng hard, I already broke it and still doesn’t come out, I don’t know what else I need to do
I agree, I had one wire harness where the plastic broke a little bit by the door connector. Just pry slowly and carefully maybe change up the tools.
Thanks😃 you ought go into film production
Thanks...I do study some aspects of filiming/production.
Im trying to replace my friends. His is a 2006. What year is yours????? It does not say
2008, but its the same from 2005 and higher for many Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep cars. Or its very similar. So this video should help.
Keep in mind when replacing the door that the wire harness connector might not be the same...so if replacing the entire door make sure its identical otherwise you may have to swap the entire wire harness from the previous door, which is hard for people with big or medium size hands IMO.
How did you get the electrical connector to pop out? Mine just wants to fight with me
@@randystull1502 @Randy Stull It can be quite hard. You have to push the flap and wiggle it out. I used a flat tip and wedged it out while pushing the flap. You could also try using a pliers on the flap part.
Have patience with this. I found this to be the hardest part of the entire removing of the door.
@@FixCarYourself would have to agree.....that is what I'm working on today
Did you ever finish this door project? Was it easy?
Seizure alert:
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