Door hinge question

[House Money]

The manual shows tapping one hole on each of the top male hinges. I thought I read on here that someone went ahead and tapped all the holes, but I can't seem to find that post. At this point I have all holes drilled to 17/64" and will wait until I get some clarification before opening the other holes to 5/16". Is there any benefit to tapping all the holes?

Thanks, Gary

[Robodent]

If I had to do it over again I would tap all of them on the post side. I had a hard time on a couple of them because of space with the body trying to get a wrench on the nuts. I ended up cutting a bolt down and using a half nut in a couple spots. Rob

[bnelson]

The manual shows tapping one hole on each of the top male hinges. I thought I read on here that someone went ahead and tapped all the holes, but I can't seem to find that post. At this point I have all holes drilled to 17/64" and will wait until I get some clarification before opening the other holes to 5/16". Is there any benefit to tapping all the holes?

Thanks, Gary

I had to remove and replace the cab and doors several times due to chopping it, After the first couple times of wrestling with those I tapped all the holes. Made reassembly much easier.

[House Money]

Thanks for your replies, looks like I'll tap them.

Gary

[bnelson]

Thanks for your replies, looks like I'll tap them.

Gary

Hey just something I learned. Be aware that how you trim the excess to gap the doors affects how far forward you have to slide the mounts in on the chassis. Look at it close and you will see how being farther forward or back affects the position of the hinge mounts. So if you trim a lot off the front of door, the farther forward the mounts have to be slid in on the chassis and vise versa. Look close and see where will make adjustment/alignment easiest on your set up.