My driver side door was sagging on my 75 F350 2wd crewcab. I grabbed some hinges off a 78 F250 in the junkyard a few weeks ago and took on the task of swapping the hinges today.

I came up with a pretty good way to make this an easy one person job. By using 2 milk crates stood on end, my floor jack, and a few thick (5 gallon size) paint paddles I was able to get the door back on myself without too much fuss.

I first took off the door by removing the hinge to door bolts and set the door aside. I then took the old hinges off the body and replaced them with the "new" ones.

To install the door I initially rested it on the 2 milk crates and found that the door stood just a little higher than the rest of the truck. Out came the floor jack and I raised the body to the desired height.



After a little fine tuning with the jack height and paint paddles strategically located on the milk crates I was able to come up with the right combination to get everything aligned.



I hope this is helpful to others. Now here's my question:

The striker plate was previously lowered to accommodate the sagging door. The door no longer sags, so I need to loosen and raise the striker plate. I have a Harbor Freight impact screw driver but it does not have a torx bit. Where have others found a torx bit that fits the striker plate? Home Depot was a no go. The Harbor Freight impact screwdriver bits I have are a little larger than your typical drill bits.

 

Answering myself here ... I found these:

Craftsman Torx Sockets | Sears.com

Maybe Home Depot does have torx sockets. I was focused on torx impact bits and not sockets.

I know the striker plate is bigger than 40. Is it 45 or 50?

 

For the benefit of our collective posterity it's a T50.

I bought the 9 piece 1/2" sockets from Harbor Freight.