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How to get my doors off

FrankFrqnkFrank

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I had an injury that prevented me from taking my hardtop off for a couple of summers. Now that I’m heeled, that was easy to do

the same injury prevented me from taking my doors off. I tried taking the doors off (I removed the two hinge bolts, the door jam bolt, the tether, and wiring harness connection and I opened the window) but I couldn’t budge the doors up off the hinges. Any tips?

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If they’ve never been off the vehicle they’ll take some force to get em off for the first time. Swing em back and forth with upward pressure. If that fails block of wood on the bottom of the hinge bolt and a DECENT tap with a BFH. Dont go crazy. Just need to loosen em up.
 

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Depending on the year jeep,,putting them back on without bending any of the connection pins is another ordeal in itself. Anyone figure out a way that works?
 

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Depending on the year jeep,,putting them back on without bending any of the connection pins is another ordeal in itself. Anyone figure out a way that works?
Take the body side loose from its mounting point. Makes it much easier to align the connector.
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Unmount the connector from the kick panel?
 

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Okay I will give that a try next time thank you
 

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I took mine loose shortly after getting the Jeep and left them that way.
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