Door hinge mounting plates
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Door hinge mounting plates
I bought a complete cab earlier this year for my 78 Sno Fighter & just got around to disassembling it. It's pretty solid for this area but still has some rust here & there. Anyway I just removed the doors & broke off 4 of the 12 bolts that mount the door hinges to the cab. My question is, are the plates that are inside the cab replaceable? I see they move around in there but I haven't taken it apart far enough to try & remove them. Anyone else dealt with this problem?
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I would put a few bolts in the holes that are still good to tighten and steady the plate then drill and remove the broken bolts. I think the plate takes a good deal more to replace. Just what I would try but i'm sure there will be other ideas.
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The plates were not available separately. The only way you could get them from Ford was to buy the "front body pillar".
Just out of curiosity I checked and no dealer or obsolete supplier has any.
Just out of curiosity I checked and no dealer or obsolete supplier has any.
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Oh man, that's not a good sign....I'm not worried about getting some spares as I have a couple junk trucks I could cut up, but if they weren't even available they probably weren't meant to be replaceable.
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You could try drilling and tapping...
But it wasn't a big deal to remove the metal on the kickpanels to access the plates to remove them. Then just weld up the kickpanel.
Josh
But it wasn't a big deal to remove the metal on the kickpanels to access the plates to remove them. Then just weld up the kickpanel.
Josh
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Try and weld a bolt on top of the broken bolt first. Sometimes the heat from welding breaks the rust loose. Then use the new bolt to turn the broken one out.
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