Pulled the door bars (pics) Finally got those MF'ing door bars out. What a pain in the azz :bang: . Had to make a tool by grinding down sockets and welding them to a piece of flat stock. I know about the other sockets that use a box wrench but this was free :D . Pulled grommet in the door and the splash guard in the well to slide them out. Pulled the cruise control too. Never use it anyway. Door bars and bolts = 14.5lbs Cruise control = 5lbs Current total = -19.5lbs :) Here's a link to pulling the inside door panel off. http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...rbar5tool2.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...rbar4tool1.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...orbar3door.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...rbar9well3.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...rbar8well2.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...rbar7well1.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...rbar6drive.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m.../edoorbar1.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...rbar2scale.jpg |
Yep. Been there done that. Pain in the ass. |
i still have to pull those out... gonna try this weeking.. dremel will be ready if i get frustrated... |
Can I borrow that tool ya made in a month or so? |
I love how you pulled them out through the door, by taking off the inner fender. NICE! I did not think of that. I just cut them into three peices with an angle grinder through the larger opening on the inside of the door. :thumb: |
I am not excited to do this mod but it has to be done weight is weight!!! |
You have to get a new throttle cable when removing cruise control, right? I have TCS too |
Originally Posted by Luis Castellanos i still have to pull those out... gonna try this weeking.. dremel will be ready if i get frustrated... If you try and cut the door bars out with a dremel it will probably take more time than unbolting them. |
Originally Posted by SiL3NtXWS6 You have to get a new throttle cable when removing cruise control, right? I have TCS too ASR/TCS cars go through that other "solenoid/control" by the battery. Not sure what's involved with the cruise delete in that case. |
Originally Posted by JL ws-6 Can I borrow that tool ya made in a month or so? Search, I know I posted pictures. |
if you can get that big tool in there i think you would be able to get a ratchet wrech in there and do the same job |
Originally Posted by foggedz If you try and cut the door bars out with a dremel it will probably take more time than unbolting them. Now.. i would not know how to pull it off the door on that case... but... i guess i will take my time instead of getting frustrated.. |
Nice job. |
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Originally Posted by ls1pwrdss if you can get that big tool in there i think you would be able to get a ratchet wrech in there and do the same job Go ahead and try it and see what conclusion you come to ;) Attached is the pic of the "Wrench Sockets" that I used. |
Originally Posted by ls1pwrdss if you can get that big tool in there i think you would be able to get a ratchet wrech in there and do the same job The issue you run into is the bolts are recessed into the curved portion of the bar. The door skin is right along it leaving very little room to work. Getting a standard wrench/socket onto it isn't happening. Working blind through the speaker hole doesn't help either. The "wrench sockets" that "SScam68" posted are where it's at. I didn't have any and like I said, I made mine for free and it only took a few minutes for me to do. http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...rbar9well4.jpg |
I took the door bars out of my 95 Firebird with a thin Craftsman ratchet, both front and back with no problems. I told my friend how easy it was and I had no idea why people were grinding sockets to take them out. We did his 02 Z28 and it was not the same story. We had to grind down a 10mm 1/4" socket and use a wrench adapter with a ratcheting wrench. Once that was done they came right off. I cut a 1 3/4" hole in the back side of the door and covered the hole with an electrical box plug from Home Depot. I painted the plugs artic white so they dont look too bad. |
Originally Posted by SScam68 If it was that easy it would be done that way :lol: :lol: Go ahead and try it and see what conclusion you come to ;) Attached is the pic of the "Wrench Sockets" that I used. Thanks |
Firebirds are a ziilion tomes easier then camaros, the door skin is way closer to the bar on the camaros. It took me a couple hours and some hacked up tools to do the camaro, my firebird took like 10 minutes a side. |
Originally Posted by 01RedZ28 What size sockets did you use? Thanks |
did my camaro last week it sucked big time |
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