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Anybody attempt such a feat? Have a worn out door on a 2000 Yukon XL.

https://www.amazon.com/Dorman-38437...UKI0/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Floor jack, wood block and a friend. Easy job for two or one with a door stand.

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I've seen some wood block tricks on youtube. Care to elaborate? I'd rather not have to deal with changing a door pin.

Wood block on your floor jack. Apply a little pressure to bottom of door. You’ll need a small hammer and punch, remove keepers, tapout pins with friend holding jack and the door. Remove the door off the hinges, tapout bushings. If you need the door totally away, there should be a quick disconnect plug for the wiring to the door inside the side panel (where wire loom enters front pillar or body). Install new bushings, align door hinges to body hinges, tap in pins and install keepers.

Wood block is just to add stability to support door and prevent scratching your paint.

If you have a forklift available to you that and a nylon lifting strap work really well

Okay ordered some up

You ordered A forklift?

Or a ceiling joist and strap/rope.

changing the bushings is easy....getting that darn spring back in is not.

Engine hoist with spreader bar and straps will lift and hold it - helper to stabilize - make sure you do a little pre-load to overcome any sag.

I just replaced mine by myself with a floor jack. Don' take both door pins out at once, do them one at a time.

Good plan. I forgot about the spring, been a long time. This will stop the need to remove the spring.

Do a Youtube search and you'll find lot's of videos about replacing hinge pins.

I used 2 ratchet straps and held my door up with them hooked to ceiling joist.
I had to grind some stuff off the hinge if i remember.
Now i got to do the passenger side

Did it on two diff Jeep GC.
Had to remove door completely and cut old one's out.
Awkward, but doable.......by myself.
Nobody around to help LOL.