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[Jamatrad]

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

[MutantCav]

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...

[Entwood]

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

[Jamatrad]

Thanks guys

Do I knock the pins up or down?

[RobG]

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

[omegod]

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

[russ0205]

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

[r1]

use a trolley jack to support the door

[Jamatrad]

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

Jammy

[Jamatrad]

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

[Andy B]

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!!!! 
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)

[Jamatrad]

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

[Andy B]

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.! 

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  )

[Jamatrad]

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