AMC Eagle Den Forum
The Shop => Body Shop => Topic started by: big_iron on October 14, 2011, 11:21:45 AM
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on the eagle im getting the drivers door hangs as the bushings are out but the hinges dont seem to have bushing??? am i just blind or will the hinges them selves need replaced?
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Door hinge bushings are common problems on Eagles. Here is a link to some...hopefully...helpful info: http://forums.amceaglenest.com/index.php?topic=2602.0 (http://forums.amceaglenest.com/index.php?topic=2602.0) :eagle:
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i dont think the hinge is in bad shape it doesnt look bent or anything but the bushings are long gone.
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That i'm almost certain meant to check if th hinge pin wore the hinge hole away.
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ok ill be sure to inspect it better tonight and tomorrow when i get a chance to actually start on it...... or next weekend if i have to finish one of the projects i already have first lmao also any good tips for getting mice out of your car?????
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Think like ricky bobby, put a feline in there. I otherwise got nothing.hy
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i tried my cat wanted none of that lol im thinking maybe one of those glue pads over night thin find and vac out the little ones >:D
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OE bushings are available at kennedyamerica.
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Looked on KennedyAmerica seen the bushings but didn't see any pins. Where can one get hinge pins? I have some doors sagging, haven't really bothered to look yet (plus have been super side-tracked with other things). Figure it's just bushings, hoping it's not pins or (worse) the hinges.
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I claimed the last 3 at the store and paid but the store is temporarily closed. I assume they can get more.
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If the old bushings are still present in the hinges there is a good chance the pins are OK.
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In the past I have arc welded really egged out hinges, then re-sized and re-bushed. Saved hard to find hinges that way.
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Some of us have drilled the hinges and used oversized pins and bushings.
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ok ill be sure to inspect it better tonight and tomorrow when i get a chance to actually start on it...... or next weekend if i have to finish one of the projects i already have first lmao also any good tips for getting mice out of your car?????
Put mothballs under it, and maybe a few under the hood and in the trunk. Not too many in the engine and trunk though, you want to be able to breathe when you drive it. They keep most critters away.
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several people here had posted if you use original bounce sheets, that will keep the mice away. Mothballs will work also.
with door hinges, the Eagle's Nest Store has bigger pins and bushings. so you gotta drill them out.
One of the other Nester's here (who lives close to me) went to his local Chrysler dealership, and got the Original bushings that fit perfectly without any drilling.
I will note that you can't have worn hinge holes otherwise, they won't last long. And then you will have to drill out the holes, and put in the bigger pins and bushings.
the part number I have (for the original bushings) are: J3698103.
Basically you can have someone hold the door open, tap out the pins, clean out the old bushings, put in the new ones, and then re-aline the door and put the pins back.
that's what I did.
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ok ill be sure to inspect it better tonight and tomorrow when i get a chance to actually start on it...... or next weekend if i have to finish one of the projects i already have first lmao also any good tips for getting mice out of your car?????
Put mothballs under it, and maybe a few under the hood and in the trunk. Not too many in the engine and trunk though, you want to be able to breathe when you drive it. They keep most critters away.
dryer fabric softener sheets work just as well as mothballs at keeping little critter out and smell much better.
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Also cheap and effective - Irish Spring soap bars. They smell nice, and have such a strong scent that it drives the mice away. I use that trick in my sheds as well as in cars. In the cars, I hide the bars under the seats and in the dash. My dad has used then in the fender wells of his truck, since the mice like the taste of headlight wires. I bought a bulk box of soap at Costco, and still have over half of the bars left. I guess I'll never have to worry about not having soap for the shower, if I run out of the usual stuff.
Door hinges can be repaired with just the bushings if the hole isnt egg shaped from the bushing being long gone. Pins might be available at the local auto parts place, just not listed as for an Eagle. You can try to match up a replacement. One final thing I've come up against is excessively worn door check springs - the rollers get seized up, then they wear a groove in the spring. When that happens, its time for a hinge replacement.