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Title: Door removal
Post by: Jamatrad on 31 January 2011, 12:12:22

I am attempting as a 'novice' to remove the doors off my 2.5 CDX. Is there a thread on the site showing this?
I've looked but cannot find


Jammy

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: MutantCav on 31 January 2011, 12:27:19

Front doors unscrew the electric wiring connection...back doors pull the wiring out through the rubber near the sills and unplug...then eits just a matter of knocking out the 2 pins holding the door in place where the door hinges and undoing the screw holding the door retaining hinge in place...

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: Entwood on 31 January 2011, 20:03:39

BE CAREFUL

The doors are a lot heavier than you might think. Either enlist some one to help  and/or support the weight on blocks or something

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Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: Jamatrad on 01 February 2011, 08:55:11

Thanks guys

Do I knock the pins up or down?

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: RobG on 01 February 2011, 08:58:59

Pins only go one way  due to the flared collar at one end ;) Fronts probably need supporting. Rears.........unplug connector @ bottom of B post, unbolt doorstrap, close door, hit the pins out then release door handle & lift door away

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: omegod on 01 February 2011, 14:55:26

My rear door pins wouldn't budge leading to an interesting session with Mr Angle Grinder.....4 discs later the door was off in pieces ..literally

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: russ0205 on 01 February 2011, 15:34:42

Not sure thats the best way to remove them as the doors may need to be re used, :'(

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: r1 on 01 February 2011, 16:07:35

use a trolley jack to support the door

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: Jamatrad on 01 February 2011, 19:21:40

Thanks guys I've got the picture........Get someone to do it for you who knows what they are doing  :-?

Jammy

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: Jamatrad on 05 February 2011, 10:49:20

Thanks for the tips guys.

The doors are off.
I had to cut the hinge adjacent to the body to enable the doors to be useable again.
The old girl is now down in the graveyard

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: Andy B on 05 February 2011, 15:03:12

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Thanks for the tips guys.

The doors are off.
I had to cut the hinge adjacent to the body to enable the doors to be useable again.
The old girl is now down in the graveyard

A bit drastic!!!!  :o
Why didn't you just remove the hinge pin? They're just a push/hammer fit and cost buttons (IIRC about 50 pence each when I replaced a pair)

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: Jamatrad on 05 February 2011, 17:47:48

Struggled with the hinge pin and I didn't want to belt them too hard!  :-/

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: Andy B on 05 February 2011, 18:10:13

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Struggled with the hinge pin and I didn't want to belt them too hard!  :-/

I knocked mine the wrong way a touch just to get them to move. I made a bar with a 'fork' on the end to go over the flare then hit it with a big hammer.!  ;D ;D ;D

The easiest door pins I've ever replaced had broken into 3 bit, so the old pins were knocked out with the new (no flare on them though and the pins were out of the work's stores  ::))

Title: Re: Door removal
Post by: Jamatrad on 05 February 2011, 21:39:27

Thanks Andy,
When the guy who picks the doors up reads this he should have no problems reinstating them