Door hinge removal

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I84885

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I have a 2017 ram 1500 I need to replace the driver side bottom hinge. Is there an easy way to do this besides tearing the inside apart
 

GTyankee

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one little trick that can be done,

using some kind of combination of of cement blocks & 2 x 4s, along with some wood wedges, build a platform under the door.
face the 2 wedges in toward themselves.
when you tap the fat edges of the wedges toward each other, the door will lift

I found a video on replacing hinge pins, it is not a Ram, but it should be similar

 

BenchTest

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Think I'll be doing a passenger, front, lower hinge on my '18. SQUEAK, SQUEAK. It's been cleaned, lubed, cleaned, lubed. Must be a common issue as I did a part number search online and about a million different places list a replacement hinge in stock, ready to ship. 4 or 5 different after market options as well as OEM makes me think this is a common issue.
 
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