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So simple Google searching reveals that having trouble removing the doors on TJs, especially if they haven't been removed in a while/ever, is far from rare. I've run into it as well, but to a much harsher degree than I've seen others. I got the driver's side door off with just a bit of work, but the passenger side feels like it might as well be welded on.
I've hit it with PB blaster over the past couple weeks with no visible change in the situation. Moving onto the next stage of fixing it, I started trying to use my jack to my advantage. First pushing up on the bottom bolt as I've seen others do, and then pushing up on the door close to the hinges. The top bolt seems to be nice and loose, but the bottom one looks like it's starting to actually widen the holes it's screwed into as I can see a bit of white against the hinge mount that I think was covered before and the bolt hasn't moved up but a small bit while the upper bolt has made great progress.
So to avoid trying more and straight up ripping the hinge out of the tub, I think I'm going to unscrew it, pull the door out of the top one, and try to fix it while it's off the Jeep. Anybody know what size Torx bit it uses? Looks like it might be a bit over T30 as that's the largest I have and it's just a little loose in it.
Also, anyone have any thoughts as to any different steps I should try next before unscrewing it?
Thanks!
I've hit it with PB blaster over the past couple weeks with no visible change in the situation. Moving onto the next stage of fixing it, I started trying to use my jack to my advantage. First pushing up on the bottom bolt as I've seen others do, and then pushing up on the door close to the hinges. The top bolt seems to be nice and loose, but the bottom one looks like it's starting to actually widen the holes it's screwed into as I can see a bit of white against the hinge mount that I think was covered before and the bolt hasn't moved up but a small bit while the upper bolt has made great progress.
So to avoid trying more and straight up ripping the hinge out of the tub, I think I'm going to unscrew it, pull the door out of the top one, and try to fix it while it's off the Jeep. Anybody know what size Torx bit it uses? Looks like it might be a bit over T30 as that's the largest I have and it's just a little loose in it.
Also, anyone have any thoughts as to any different steps I should try next before unscrewing it?
Thanks!