Fixing door post hinges

[OLDsquaw]

 

Does anyone have any advice for fixing these door hinges? You can see where it is cracked along the backside. I have plenty of 1/8 inch sheet metal but I'm just not sure how to attack the situation. 

I would rather not cut the hinges off because it'll be pain re-welding them in the right position. 

 

Its just the top hinge on both sides. 

 

[Jeepinerik]

 

Does anyone have any advice for fixing these door hinges? You can see where it is cracked along the backside. I have plenty of 1/8 inch sheet metal but I'm just not sure how to attack the situation. 
I would rather not cut the hinges off because it'll be pain re-welding them in the right position. 
 
Its just the top hinge on both sides. 

 

Check these out
https://www.hooliganoffroad.com/collections/xj/products/xj-door-hinge-support


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[OLDsquaw]

Huge help! I'm going to order those tomorrow! 

[Eagle]

I don't understand how those help at all.

[Jeep Driver]

15 minutes ago, Eagle said:

I don't understand how those help at all.

Yeah, I don't either. 

 

 

If he were to take a chisel or screwdriver and chip away at the crack, he might find that what has actually cracked is seam sealer. 

 

All he needs to do is take a wire wheel to that and clean it up, re-weld it. 

[fiatslug87]

There's a DIY about this 

 

[Marine1Texas]

Yea I bet that sealer your see. Both uppers we took sealant off and stick welded them.

[Kyleinreallife]

Torch, melt everything clean. Reweld


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[Eagle]

The factory had two different repair kits for this problem. Which to use depended on the degree of separation at the upper hinge. A long time ago I bought one of the kits for the less severe repair, but I haven't seen it for many years. My fuzzy recollection is that the repair piece is like a strap with a "hat" in the middle, such that it straddles the hinge and gets welded to the door post above and below the hinge.