Front Door Hinge Bolts Not Going In

[word302]

Those nuts aren't going to make much difference.

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[DylanGrimm20JL]

Definitely not going to torque em any harder. It needs to go to the dealer for a malfunction heated steering wheel anyways so will have them address both issues at the same time.

I am having the exact same issue, were you able to find a solution?
When my door is off, I sprayed some WD40 on the threads and was able to easily tighten the nut all the way down. However, once i put the door on the hinge it stopped in the same place as in your initial pictures. I understand that not using the nut is a solution, but for peace of mind i would like to use them.

 

[Yovwmon]

I am having the exact same issue, were you able to find a solution?
When my door is off, I sprayed some WD40 on the threads and was able to easily tighten the nut all the way down. However, once i put the door on the hinge it stopped in the same place as in your initial pictures. I understand that not using the nut is a solution, but for peace of mind i would like to use them.

yep, the solution was leaving the nolts out. I’ll grease-up those threads before winter to keep em clean.

 

[DylanGrimm20JL]

yep, the solution was leaving the nolts out. I’ll grease-up those threads before winter to keep em clean.

Ahh nolts, haha. I’ll probably do the same, thanks.

 

[sf5211]

Nolts is funny. I got killed for calling them bolts earlier in the thread.

Like I said earlier, just order a small squeeze tube of white lube from Amazon. Before putting the doors back on put a little on your fingertip, apply lightly to the door “bolts” and I like to spread a little on the outside of the “nolts” too.
My doors lift in or out like I picked up the Jeep yesterday brand new.

 

[DylanGrimm20JL]

Nolts is funny. I got killed for calling them bolts earlier in the thread.

Like I said earlier, just order a small squeeze tube of white lube from Amazon. Before putting the doors back on put a little on your fingertip, apply lightly to the door “bolts” and I like to spread a little on the outside of the “nolts” too.
My doors lift in or out like I picked up the Jeep yesterday brand new.

Yea i'm going to give that a shot, thanks. i just ordered the "Lucas Oil - White Lithium Grease" on amazon. So i am going to try and gently clean the threads with some WD40 and a brush, then apply the white lithium grease to both parts and see if that works. I'll give an update if i can get it to work. I also purchased some new door hinge nuts (Mopar 6512894AA) to see if that helps.

 

[DylanGrimm20JL]

The bolts are all the same. Your upper hinge is about a quarter inch longer than the lower hinge. The upper hinge needs to be threaded longer than the lower hinge. My guess is the hinge threads are cruddy. If you don’t want to pay the labor charge then take off the doors again, buy a small wire wheel for a drill and clean the hinge threads. (Don’t slip and hit your door with the wire wheel). Try to screw the bolt on the hinge while the door is off, back and forth with grease. Until it screws all the way up.
Tip: when I’m ready to reinstall my doors, I keep a tube of white lube handy. While the doors are still on the cart I dab just a fingertip and go around the hinge bolt and thread. Then I go around the black round bolts on the outside.
Do this and you’ll never have trouble removing your doors or have to buy those Quadratec hinge inserts.

If anyone is having this issue... sf5211 gave the solution. I did exactly what you said and the door hinge nut went back on with ease.
My exact process was:
1. While the door was removed, I sprayed WD40 on the hinge bolt and the nut... let them both sit for a minute or two while the WD40 did its magic.
2. Then I took a scotch pad an gently tried to clean the corrosion off the hinge bolt.
3. I then reapplied WD40 to the hinge bolt and started to gently brush the threads with a wire brush.
4. I repeated steps 2 and 3 a few more times until the threads were visibly clean.
5. I then applied a small amount of Lucas Oil - White Lithium Grease to the hinge bolt and then tried screwing on the hinge nut. If it still gets stuck at this point, you may want to order a new hinge nut (Mopar 6512894AA), or try using a hinge nut from one of your other doors to diagnose if that is the issue.
6. After tightening the nut and taking it off, wiping off the crud, reapplying a small amount of grease... repeat that process until it freely tightens all the way.
7. Put door back on hinge and you should be able to tighten it all the way down.

 

[TBULL52]

When I removed the nolts I replaced with these pin guides to protect the threads on the door hinge and to make it slightly easier to put the door back on

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WM2RQL6/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ht.rFb6M27VDE

 

[Kraty1]

When I removed the nolts I replaced with these pin guides to protect the threads on the door hinge and to make it slightly easier to put the door back on

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WM2RQL6/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ht.rFb6M27VDE

This. These make doors on and off sooooooo much easier!

 

[Gellie]

When I removed the nolts I replaced with these pin guides to protect the threads on the door hinge and to make it slightly easier to put the door back on

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WM2RQL6/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ht.rFb6M27VDE

So this is a replacement for the nolts? You hand tighten them ?

 

[TBULL52]

So this is a replacement for the nolts? You hand tighten them ?

Thats right. They work great and it does help get the doors on because with the pointed tip you gain a margin of error when lining up the hinges.

 

[tat]

"IF" one is wanting to put the nuts back on and they are not seating fully, most likely they have rusty crud on the bolt and nut threads. A wire brush, with a dab of Liquid Wrench Penetrating Oil, to the bolt threads would clean them up nicely. Spritz it with Brake Clean to rinse off the crud (protect your paint surfaces). For the nut I found a tap (M6 x 1.0) with tap cutting oil would clean out the inside threads by "re-cutting" (or cutting away) the rust in the thread track. Find the original tap track and be careful not to cross thread. You can work either side of the nut (or both sides for good measure). Once started and on track it is easy work to clean the whole channel. Spritz with Brake Clean to rinse the crud out. Top it off with a dab WD-40. White lithium grease the post and put the door back on, securing with refreshed nut. The 3 rags show the "drippings" from the tap and cutting oil process. The second, cleaner rag shows the Brake Clean rinse. And the third is the WD-40 coating. Second picture is of the tap and JLU door hinge nut.

 

[CJRider]

If you take your doors off on a regular basis just leave the nuts off. One less thing to have to remove when taking doors off in the future.

I took them put and never put them back. I put a little never-seize on each hinge pin. The door are a lot easier to remove.

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