Reviews for Crown Automotive RT25008 Door Hinge Bushing Kit for 76-94 & 98-06 Jeep CJ, YJ, & TJ
Super easy install. Doors slide right out now. An annoying “squeak” I had seems to have gone away too!
Have not used yet. I have to drill mine out. But these look to be of good quality
It's nice not to have to pick up on my door to shut it now that I've installed these bushings.
Small detail improvement with big results.
Easy to install and works much better that the 20-year-old ones that I replaced. I'm not certain that they will last as long a the factory bushings.
Had to trim them about 1/4" to fit. Half door 93 YJ.
Good product and quality; worth doing to provide smooth action and easy removals; eliminates irritating squeaks.
Not as easy to put them in, at least not for me. I've sanded, cleaned the insides before placement and pushing one in, the top sleeve cracked. :(
The tool supplied is great, but it's not as easy as described. The tool got lodged in the lower hinge. I had to remove the hinge from the Jeep and hammer it back out. Then had to repaint the hinge because of the scratches.
I found that a combination of wd-40 and hitting it with flat screwdriver removed enough of the old bushing that the included tool would tap out the remainder.
Also remember to put something between the hinge and the body of the Jeep to protect the paint while hammering the old bushings out. I used some thick cardboard. Worked ok.
All said and done the new bushings went right in and are a definite improvement.
It sounds quite easy in theory, and may well be in the south and west where road salt and rust isn’t an issue. The tool would not remove any of the four sleeves, even after considerable rust penetrant soaking and folding in the top lip. I ended up having to use a pick, small flat screwdriver, and a punch to get mine out - after about 2 hours of work. Then requires the use of a dremel to smooth out the inside of the hinge to remove a few high spots before pressing the delrin bushings in. So the product isn’t bad, it’s just not the magic remover for every situation.
Bottom line, that was twenty something dollars that I could have spent elsewhere.
Great idea that I had hoped would work for me. Unfortunately, it did not. Instead of sliding out, one old bushing rolled up and stopped moving just a very short way through the hinge and the punch got stuck. Another hinge bushing would not budge. Then there was the concern of hitting the body of the Jeep with my hammer as I tried to hit the punch with enough force to get the bushing moving. I suppose I could have removed the hinges and worked on them in a vice, but rather than fight it, I just bought a new set of hinges. Mine were rusty anyway.
One note - The punch could use some sort of centering device so that it goes through the hinge without hitting the hinge edges.