How To Remove Jeep Cherokee Doors

Every bit the Jeep Cherokee XJ models grow a footling long in the molar, being out of production since 2001, they will eventually wearable out certain parts... specially ones that are used the most. For instance, the commuter's door check arm takes A LOT of abuse, continually beingness flung open several times a day with regular employ. If yous're an XJ owner, you can probably relate to the horrific sounds that a worn out door check arm can produce. Luckily, Quadratec carries all the necesasry replacement parts to brand your old noisey, clunky, screachy door check arm assembly sound smooth and new again!

This article will cover the simple steps and tools required to remove and reinstall a forepart Driver's side door check arm assembly along with all related mounting hardware for the 1997-2001 model Jeep Cherokee XJ.
Notation: Supervene upon ALL 3 components at the aforementioned fourth dimension, after years of use, the pivot and bracket will be worn out as well and wobble around fifty-fifty later on replacing the bank check arm. If all 3 components are not replaced, chances are you volition nevertheless have a noisey door.

What Y'all Will Need

• MOPAR Front Door Bank check Arm Associates
• MOPAR Front Door Check Arm Bracket
• MOPAR Front end Door Check Arm Pin
• MOPAR Touch Up Pigment
• Primer
• Light Grit Sand Paper
• #2 & #3 Phillips Caput Screw Driver or Screwgun
• 10mm Socket Wrench
• Needle Olfactory organ Pliers
• Sagety Glasses
• Plastic Panel Removal Tool
• Your Choice Penetrating Lubricant
• Anti-Seize Lubricant

Removal/Installation

1. Commencement past opening the commuter door, locate the check arm assembly and spray a small amount of penetrating lubricant on the 4 10mm bolts (ii on the door side - two on the body side) and the retaining pin. Let the lubricant work in while you move on to the next step.

2. Locate and remove all v phillips head screws that agree the door panel onto the door. Offset with the top right mitt corner using a #two phillips bit, so motion to the door release handle trim bezel and remove that screw too. Now using a #iii phillips scrap, locate and remove the iii in-line screws plant under the armrest/pull handle on the door console.

3. After all 5 screws are removed from the door panel, take your plastic panel removal tool and carefully wedge it inbetween the plastic door console and the metal door body. Advisedly work your panel tool around the panel from summit left downwardly around the bottom and up the correct side only, gently prying out the plastic push clips one past ane forth the style (the top volition but pull up with hands after panel is gratuitous).

4. After the door panel is freed, grab the left upper corner of the door panel and carefully pull straight up, lifting from left to right until door panel is completely out of the felt dew wipe channel (dew wipe channel should remain on metallic door body - if it comes up with the door panel, just remove information technology and clip information technology back into identify). DO Non try to remove the entie panel yet... there are still wiring harnesses and plastic retainer clamps that need to be removed adjacent. Information technology is okay to allow the door panel hang by what's still connected.

5. Now that the door panel is able to swing out from the door body, locate the ii plastic retaining clips attached to the door lock/open up linkage rods. Grabbing the superlative linkage bar with your left manus, employ your thumb to pry the clips off from the underside of the linkage bar. Showtime with the yellowish (tiptop) then remove the black (bottom) clip and swing them away from the bar. At this point if you lot grab both linkage bars in your left hand and squeeze them together while holding the door console with your correct manus, the 2 metallic linkage confined will drop from their guide holes in the plastic hinge machinery. Then the door panel will only be continued by the two wiring harnesses.

6. Now information technology'due south time to remove the wiring harnesses from the door panel. If you've never done this before, these ii harnesses tin can exist difficult to budge and feel like they won't disconnect... this is normal. Make certain you find and press the release prune on the blue wiring harness connectors while pulling direct out. Sometimes, if the harnesses are beingness difficult, gently rock the harness back and forth while pulling out away from the connectedness. ***DO NOT utilize a flat head spiral driver to disconnect the harnesses—yous Volition break them and exist mad at yourself*** Store the plastic door panel in a safe place while you complete the rest of the chore.

7. Now with the door console removed and out of the way, remove the door speaker to make a pigsty for your arm to fit through.

8. After the speaker is removed, get back to the cheque arm, locate the hinge pivot and use a pair of pliers to sqeeze the tappered bottom of the pivot and button the pivot upwardly out of the mounting bracket. Utilise circumspection during this step as the hing pin can fly out and go bye-bye (safety glasses are a good call for this step).

9. Using your 10mm socket wrench, unbolt the 2 nuts that concur the check arm to the door, then unbolt the 2 10mm screws at the mounting bracket on the torso side and discard erstwhile mounting bracket. After bank check arm assembly is free, remove it by carefully reaching your arm through the hole in the speaker void. You may have to manouver some wirig inside the door to get the cheque arm assembly out.

10. Now, with the bank check arm associates and pin subclass removed, you can at present compare all of your new parts with the erstwhile ones to clinch they are the same. You'll detect that the new pin bracket is bare steel and volition need primered and painted to avaoid oxidization, so grab your sand paper and lightly scuff the new pin bracket in preparation for pigment. Make sure the new bracket is wiped clean with an booze wipe before primering. Once primed and dried, get your color-lucifer touch up spray pigment can and coat the new subclass with several light coats until completely covered, then allow time to cure before installing.

eleven. At present that the new components are all prepped, it's time to install them. Installation is only the opposite of the removal process. Follow these steps in reverse guild to consummate the installation of your new MOPAR Door Check Arm Assembly, Hinge Pin and Mounting Subclass. Then one time everything is back together, you tin can now enjoy a new, dissonance-costless door opening process that volition no longer make you blench while entering or exiting your XJ!

Source: https://www.quadratec.com/c/howto/how-replace-jeep-cherokee-door-check-arm

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