boontis
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- Kevin
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I just had doors off for the first time this week, and I decided to replace the hinge bushings. I ordered a kit on Amazon that had hundreds of good reviews - plastic instead of the factory aluminium.
Aside from having to hit the old ones with PB blaster and letting it sit overnight before hammering the hell out of them - the job was straightforward and relatively easy.
That was until I went to put the bolts back on the front door hinges. (Backs went on perfect) The bottoms went on easy peasy but the first top one felt tight - it wasn’t cross threaded as I stopped and checked - but after a couple turns it twisted off the stud!?! When I moved to the other front door it was the same thing - bottom easy top felt super tight. I stopped and left it off as I didn’t want to twist the stud off again.
Two questions for the group:
1 - has anyone else experienced this? Did I do something wrong?
2 - any major issues with just leaving the bolts off the top hinge?
Thanks in advance!
Aside from having to hit the old ones with PB blaster and letting it sit overnight before hammering the hell out of them - the job was straightforward and relatively easy.
That was until I went to put the bolts back on the front door hinges. (Backs went on perfect) The bottoms went on easy peasy but the first top one felt tight - it wasn’t cross threaded as I stopped and checked - but after a couple turns it twisted off the stud!?! When I moved to the other front door it was the same thing - bottom easy top felt super tight. I stopped and left it off as I didn’t want to twist the stud off again.
Two questions for the group:
1 - has anyone else experienced this? Did I do something wrong?
2 - any major issues with just leaving the bolts off the top hinge?
Thanks in advance!
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