door hinge springs?

AustinAubinoe · Post by **AustinAubinoe** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:18 pm

One of my rear doors is opening too fast. Turned out the spring in the lower hinge had broken in half. Does anyone sell these?

carnuck · Post by **carnuck** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:30 pm

I pulled mine out, but I don't know where I tossed them.

AustinAubinoe · Post by **AustinAubinoe** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:26 am

Dang! Well if anyone has one!

I yanked the door control thingys from my xj too. A little different, but I can see where your comming from on a trail rig.

whsii · Post by **whsii** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:01 pm

Wow,

What year did the hinges change?

The ones I have seen had nylon sliders that controlled the swing. 80's up to 84 or so.

Post by **Stuka** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:11 pm

whsii wrote:Wow,

What year did the hinges change?

The ones I have seen had nylon sliders that controlled the swing. 80's up to 84 or so.

The hinges changes in '79 (pre-79 opened 90 degrees, post-78 dont). The springs were used on grand wags only AFAIK.

Mdcptman · Post by **Mdcptman** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:13 am

Springs!? Mine dont have any springs! can you post a picture of them?

AustinAubinoe · Post by **AustinAubinoe** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:14 am

Sure when I get I chance I will. The one door with the broken one definitely opened weird.

Off topic, but did they really refine the suspention after 85? Saw an ad that basically stated it was really designed for a comfy ride...

Post by **Stuka** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:49 pm

AustinAubinoe wrote:Sure when I get I chance I will. The one door with the broken one definitely opened weird.

Off topic, but did they really refine the suspention after 85? Saw an ad that basically stated it was really designed for a comfy ride...

I cannot recall the exact year, but they went to a 7 leaf spring pack. More springs that are thinner provide a better ride than fewer thick springs.

lindel · Post by **lindel** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:56 am

Some still have the stiffer spring packs. I've had a couple of 87's with 5 leafs per pack, and one that had 3! I suspect the latter was a custom spring pack.

carnuck · Post by **carnuck** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:36 am

That's when they added the front/rear tracbar to take away the sway on corners that scares people that aren't used to it.

AustinAubinoe · Post by **AustinAubinoe** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:03 am

carnuck wrote:That's when they added the front/rear tracbar to take away the sway on corners that scares people that aren't used to it.

ahhh forgot about the track bars. gonna take me like 3 weeks to get the pictures of the springs. Going to Africa to climb Kilomanjaro!

Post by **Stuka** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:36 am

AustinAubinoe wrote:
carnuck wrote:That's when they added the front/rear tracbar to take away the sway on corners that scares people that aren't used to it.
ahhh forgot about the track bars. gonna take me like 3 weeks to get the pictures of the springs. Going to Africa to climb Kilomanjaro!

Why are your springs on top of a mountain? Oh, wait, I bet its your camera thats up there, so you have to go get it?

Climb safe!

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