'93 explorer rear window hinges (and also HI everyone!)

[konstan]

'93 explorer rear hinges and CAMBER bushings

Hi all, i am SO glad I found this site. Lots of great info here.

Proud new owner of a 1993 explorer sport 2 door 4wd.

DeRocha - thanks for your front end rebuild thread with info how to replace ball joints. I redid the front end - ball joints, tie rod ends, etc. Shocks while I was at it, too.

Today, while filling up at a gas station, tried to open the rear window (not the entire hatch, just the glass part) and noticed that one of the HINGES on top is broken, the other one is half broken too.

Question: dealer part or can I find it at a parts store?

 

[ghosttrain2]

Possible dealer item if Ford did't make it obsolete. Bone yard from a Gen I or II Explorer. Also may want to check the for sale section of this forum.

 

[DeRocha]

Welcome to the site :biggthump

Is the entire hinge gone, or just the part that mounts through the glass? When I had my rear glass replaced last year the glass company didn't replace the hinge, but used new hardware that mounts though the glass.

 

[konstan]

cast iron

Welcome to the site :biggthump

Glad to be here!

Is the entire hinge gone, or just the part that mounts through the glass? When I had my rear glass replaced last year the glass company didn't replace the hinge, but used new hardware that mounts though the glass.

Both parts were there the part that bolts the door and the part that attaches to the window. Very neatly broken right where it is supposed to pivot. I think the part that pivots around the pivot pin got stuck/rusted/whatever and then opening the window broke the crappy cast iron hinge.

"Crappy cast iron" being the keywords here.

Got a set of two of these things coming from ebay. I shopped victoriously

 

[konstan]

right side camber

Next project is (oh why didnt i pay more attention to this when I redid the ball joints is)

Deciding what to do with the passenger side front wheel which has way too much camber... T.O Haas people told me I need a new bushing, that they could not align it with the existing bushing in there...

I did not want to spend 200 bucks on the bushing work (after all the front end work I did myself that would just be silly)... i probably will just take a level and figure out the angle myself... somehow... with the basic high school trigonometry, ya know???

 

[DeRocha]

Next project is (oh why didnt i pay more attention to this when I redid the ball joints is)

Deciding what to do with the passenger side front wheel which has way too much camber... T.O Haas people told me I need a new bushing, that they could not align it with the existing bushing in there...

I did not want to spend 200 bucks on the bushing work (after all the front end work I did myself that would just be silly)... i probably will just take a level and figure out the angle myself... somehow... with the basic high school trigonometry, ya know???

Bushings are relatively inexpensive, but shops will kill you on labor because they often have you over a barrel. Did the shop say how may degrees you need?

Camber Bushings

 

[konstan]

3 degree bushing i think...

They did not because that would've taken me 70 bucks into that 200... I forgot why I work on my trucks myself... This was a good reminder

Let's see if I am on track here...

I estimated roughly 1.5 in 32 incline, which comes out to about 2.7 degrees. This is just to order the bushing, so I ordered a 3 degree one.

The only thing I am not looking forward to is getting that whole ball joint / knuckle / etc thing apart... I just got done putting it together... Do I have to remove the ball joint to get the bushing out -- assuming it is not rusted in there because I just had it out last week??

 

[DeRocha]

...Do I have to remove the ball joint to get the bushing out -- assuming it is not rusted in there because I just had it out last week??

The camber bushing comes right out.. You just remove the pinch bolt and tap the bushing up and off. If the bushing is really in tight I would use a pry bar to spread the pinch more open..