[Backwoodsbuckeye]

I have a 2011 jk sport. I'm attempting to take my doors off, but it appears they have never been off. The paint around the hinge is intact, not broken, in other words, it's sealing the door to the hinge.
Any suggestions? I need to break the seal, but a screwdriver will chip the surrounding paint.

 

[WhiskeyRanger]

You mean the paint around the bolt that goes in the hinge pin?

 

[Backwoodsbuckeye]

Yes. The hinge pin should come out the top? Correct? But it's sealed from the factory paint. I think I'm just im going to have to bust it loose. Just wondered if there was another way. Tapping the pin up from the bottom?
I haven't taken them off before, so I'm new at it.

 

[Backwoodsbuckeye]

Top of the hinge

 

[Other_Erik]

Look at the bottom of the hinge, is there a Torx head on there? You have to remove that nut before the door will lift out of the hinge.

O_E

 

[DavidW954]

No, that part stays in place when you lift the door out.

 

[WhiskeyRanger]

The pin stays in the top of the hinge. Remove the screw from the bottom and lift the open door off the bottom part of the hinge. Don't let it swing open or you'll dent the cowl.

 

[RoadiJeff]

Spray the heck out of the hinge pin area with WD40 or some penetrant and let it soak for a while. If the doors still won't budge, try using some wood blocks and a floor jack to initially get the pins to rise 1/2" or so out of the hinges. If you tap gently with a rubber mallet in the location shown in the pic it helps get things started. Then remove the jack and finish removing the doors by hand. That's how I had to do mine the first time. Grease the pins before reinstalling.

 

[Backwoodsbuckeye]

I removed the strap, unhooked the electrical piece. Removed the black bolts in the bottom of the hinge, ( per YouTube video). Tried to lift the doors off, but they aren't budging.

 

[jkudave]

Top of the hinge

That is part of the hinge. It doesn't get removed. Remove the door bolt. Then the top half of the door hinge is removed from the bottom half, when you pull up to fully remove the door.

 

[tarpon4me]

refer to roadijeff's post. Time to either get some large rednecks to tug on it, or bust out the floor jack and 4x4's

 

[Backwoodsbuckeye]

Ohhhh,ok. Hinge is not like a door hinge in the house, where the top pin comes out. Duh. Need to pay attention next time. Lol

 

[jkudave]

Remove the hinge nut:

What the hinge looks like when door is removed:

 

[Backwoodsbuckeye]

As for the rednecks, I live in NC, shouldn't be too hard to find a couple. Lol
To my fellow ncers, no disrespect! Lol

 

[LabCab]

Remove the hinge nut: What the hinge looks like when door is removed:

I put a magnet about the size of a softball near the bottom of the hinge. If the socket slips while removing the torx bolt, hopefully the magnet will protect the paint.

 

[ztman]

Put the strap back on until you round up the rednecks or you will be in for an unpleasant suprise

 

[the_ox]

I bought a 10' used and almost had a coronary getting them off the first time. I like the 2x4 method, should have done that......

Now I grease each time I put them on, like a butter

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[tarpon4me]

I never put my bolts back in. I took them off and left them off.

 

[Tecksun]

I put a magnet about the size of a softball near the bottom of the hinge. If the socket slips while removing the torx bolt, hopefully the magnet will protect the paint.

Good lord, a magnet the size of a softball has to have some force when it hits metal.

 

[Backwoodsbuckeye]

Done. Sprayed hell out of it with lubricant. Then pulled it into my garage, threw a winch strap over a beam. Put the strap through the top part of the door and tightened, opening and closing (not all the way) the door. It eventually started loosening, the door was coming away from the hinge. The inside of the hinge, plastic molding, came apart.