ok at work i use an acetylene torch to heat things up to free them my question is. is mapp gas hot enough to heat up the hinge to remove the pins? i have never used mapp gas there for do not know if its hot enough.
i circled the part i want to heat up. and this is on a 97 xj

bump!

Why are you heating the pins?? Guess I missed something.

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If you have to remove the pins (stock?) because there bad, can you just cut it with a dremel?

thats what i have been told

yes they are bad sorry didnt post that. door drops 1/2 inch when opening. and tried a dremmel and when i went to cut the discs would catch and break.

use an air hammer if you can get access to one.

ok tried heating them then pounding on them and that didnt work. tried an air hammer today and that didnt work. so ill have to try the dremmel again thanks for the info every one

i don't think mapp gets as hot as acetylene. its used for plumbing because it can be turned upside down and not blow out but as far as temp, i think its cooler

yea found that out today but it only cost me 7 bucks so it was worth the try

ok got them off took 2 hours with heat and air hammer i decided to put bolts in them so i can take them off it i want to

Mapp gas and propane will take 4X longer than an acetylene/oxy torch will take but it will work.(sometime).They arent enough close to the temp. of a oxy/ace torch.