Reviews for Quadratec Delrin Replacement Door Hinge Bushings for 07-24 Jeep Wrangler JK & JL 4 Door
These are great for the price.
Great kit and solid product! When/if you get a stuck bushing that the punch tool can't easily get out, use a 1/2" drill bit and just drill it out (as suggested by another review). Hitting the punch tool over and over to the point of damaging the rear of it will cause your hinges to shift. It's at that point you should switch to a drill.
If you have more than a couple rusty door pins, you might also need some additional emery cloth. I had just enough with the kit with just 2 rusty pins.
Other things you'll need:
- Round file (I bought a mini set off of Amazon
- Grease for the door pins.
Work great. I would recommend replacing bushings before they get too corroded or rusty. It took me longer to get my old ones out. These delving replacements slide right into place. Doors glide really nice now and come off a lot easier.
These should have been OEM. Works like expected.
Very nice kit for replacing the factory hinge bushings, the Delrin won't corrode the originals.
Works great, easier to close doors and remove. Only thing is to use patience when removing existing bushing as no to use too much force or it will move the hinge.
If you’re getting corrosion around your door hinges, you need these. I pulled all of my hinges off, stripped them down to bare metal and repainted them. Hopefully these being plastic will give the barrier needed to keep the metals from touching.
Noah's right, these things are awesome!! But, here's the deal - you have to be patient and you have to be good with problem-solving. I've added a picture with some notes on it for you guys/girls.
The biggest issue I had was clearance to swing a hammer. I couldn't swing a hammer upward to use the supplied punch to get the stock sleeves out because my rock sliders were in the way. I only have a few inches of travel with the hammer. So that left four sleeves on the bottom of each door (JKU) that I couldn't get the stock sleeves out. So, I used a steel punch to roll the top flange of the stock sleeves back into the center hole of the sleeves. Then I used the supplied punch to hammer the stock sleeves down and out the bottom of the hole instead of upward out the top.
I did have two stock sleeves that did not want to come out no matter how hard I hammered. They were located on two of the top door hinges - driver front and passenger front. I even mushroomed the supplied punch hammering so hard to try and get them out. So, I removed two of the three bolts holding on the door hinges so they could pivot on the remaining bolt and then drilled the stock sleeves out with a 1/2" drill bit. That took about 3 seconds. Nice and tidy.
If I had this install to do all over again, I'd probably just drill all of my stock sleeves out. Minnesota has a way of rusting all metal bits together the first year you buy anything made of metal. Drilling would make this install less than an hour for me counting the time it takes to get doors off and then back on.
These are an amazing addition to doors. It takes a little bit of time and care. If you have to hammer A LOT to get the OEM bushing out be sure to check your hinges because they may have moved from the hammering which will make it impossible for the doors to fit on. Also if you have a an OEM bushing that isn't coming out try using a drill bit to put a hole in the side of the bushing. It will release it from the side wall and it will come out. Worked for me.
2012 Wrangler 4 door been in Minnesota road salt since new so factory bushings and hinge pins very corroded. Hardest part was getting the doors off. Started to remove the first old bushing and the solid feeling and with no movement of the corroded bushing made me think this may be a bad idea. Kept going with a lot of firm (don't get crazy) hits and it started to move, couple hits after that and it was out. It just takes awhile to break up the corrosion. Followed the directions for sanding the hinge pins with the emery cloth and a chain saw file for the hinges until the new bushings fit into place so they were snug with out pounding them in. Follow the directions they work, no problems with door alignment and they open and close with ease. Worth it.