good luck on finding a door check at the JY. It is one of a standard list of things I check on every XJ I find when I make a trip. Usually they are missing on the donor vehicle. It is usually harder to find parts at the JY than some of the people who post would have you to believe. Remember, cash for clunkers took away a lot of donor vehicles.I have made at least a dozen trips to multiple junk yards in the last three years. i have some experience.

 

You guys by any chance know the part number or the size of the bolt that holds the hinge.

This circled in blue

 

So this is strange.
Assuming I am looking at my parts catalogs properly they show the bolt in the illustration but there is not a part
number assigned to it.
Do you have any of the old ones? Cause I guess you are going to have to match it up at the hardware store.
Or hit up a boneyard.

 

yea I guess thats what I will eventually end up doing. Unless someone has the size for the bolt.

 

I have a habit of replacing hardware when I am doing things but I know that I just reused my old bolts when I did the door checks.
If I did not then I would still have the old bolts cause I don't throw anything out. LOL.
Unrelated but maybe you might want to give this a read.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/research-249236/

There is a link in the thread for parts catalogs. Maybe help the next time you run across something like this.
Most but not all nuts and bolts have the specs for them listed which helps when you want new hardware.
Cause sometimes the hardware store will have what you need.

 

thanks i will check it out. Worst case I will head to home depot since all the doors except for the drivers side is intact

 

Tough to tell for sure cause of the angle and I really don't know what mine looked like cause I just slapped in the new bracket but
those holes look a little FUBAR to me.

 

only one way to find out. Maybe ill take one side out and test fit it.

 

Might explain why it is missing.
Thinking a little creative thinking on your part should solve that problem.
Assuming there is a problem. LOL.
For the life of me can't remember if it was a bolt or a self tapping screw of sorts.
If it is a self tapping screw instead of using a bigger one a riv nut comes to mind.
A traditional rivnut gun would require you taking off the door to get at the hole.
Harbor Freight makes one that might let you get in there.

https://www.harborfreight.com/45-pie...-kit-1210.html

Things that come to mind.
Is 1/4-20 big enough?
And part of the rivnut sits on top of the metal. Which means the bracket will be pushed out a bit sitting on top of that.
Wondering if that even matters?

 

Does anyone know if the door check on the 2-door is different than those for the front/rear of the 4-door? I'm in the market for one but finding that little tidbit of info is killing me.

 

Should always say what year.
But for an 4dr '00, and most likely '97 to '01, the front door checks have a different part number then the rear.
What they don't break down is the front door check for 4dr or 2dr.
Just the one part number. 55235571AB.
So...........

 

So I'll buy one and find out! Thank you.

 

I finally decided to fix my driver's side door check that's been broken for about eight years or so. When it broke, I am not sure if the pin fell out or broke but I never found it in the parking lot where it happened.

First try (which worked pretty OK) was the Dorman replacement pin. A set of four is about $6 and change from Advance Auto, with their 20% online order/pickup in store discount. They are about 1/2 that from Rock Auto, plus shipping.

It seemed a little wobbly, so I spread out the top and bottom a little with a punch and that tightened things up. But I wanted something a little better and came up with a couple ideas that I don't know the part names for. A cotter-less lynch pin seemed like a viable solution, but didn't find any of the right size right off.

Then I found these, 1/4" shoulder screws with a shoulder about the right length to engage both the upper and lower part of the bracket. 3/4" was too long, 1/2" seems just right with a stainless washer at the top and a lock nut at the bottom. Used a dab of nickel antiseize under the washer and blue Locktite on the threads. Coated everything with white lithium grease after installing. No more wobbling, for now.



1/4" x 1/2" shoulder screw, 10-24 threads, stainless washer and lock nut.

 

This is a door check straight from a 1995 XJ today in the junk yard. Passenger side, 4 door, worked just fine, no rubber part. Rubber part wasn't in the door either and it looked like nobody had dug into the door. I took the factory speaker and T15 screws out myself.



This is how my fix fits between top and bottom, but should be able to show it better in the spare parts.