Kelly Hard Top Doors Not Lining Up

So just purchased a set of hinges to try and get my doors on this hard top.



In order for the doors to fit in the curve of the door, and line with the latch catch.. the upper hinge needs to be in the position shown here:




So I am wondering:

1. Did the kelly and meyers hardtops use the same upper door hinge? These were meyers hinges I guess.. but I figured they would work.

2. Should I heat and bend the upper hinge to work?

Anything else I should try?

 

If the Meyer and Kelly hinges are the same, it's a coincidence. There's no reason why they should be, except that they both bolt on to the windshield and have the same purpose.

Why can't you move the Kelly half forward on the door to meet the Meyer half? It would make the door swing a little wider, but that won't matter. Much simpler than trying to bend the Meyer side. Or slice the Kelly hinge vertically and weld in an extra inch of length.

 

Well that would make more sense..

 

Yes, you'd have to move the bottom hinge to line up.

 

do doors look like this

 

That's the one

 

On second thought, move the hinge forward and add another inch to the length at the back end. Weld up the existing holes in the hinge and drill new holes in the hinge to match the door.

 

I have constated that all is moving a little bit and with patience I can adjust my Meyer where it must be.
But at the beginning I wonder how it can fit.
In your case this is worse, I suggest you take a beer, eat, sleep and next day will be better.
Such doing, you'll avoid a lot of welding cutting breaking, at the end you'll find the SOLUTION.

 

wont be near doors on other jeep till tomorrow . but hinge pins on a meyers top . are not in line . measured top of my hinge and got 4" center of pin to top edge of door

 

Interesting. With the top pivot ahead of the bottom, I'd expect that you're lifting the door a little when you open it, so it would tend to stay shut. I should look at my set of Meyer doors to confirm...

 

if you can drop a level down from the top pin and measure to the bottom pin? the pins should line up for easy opening. curious as to how they work if they arent.

 

me too thats why i want the straight edge measurement

 

you were correct . they do line up . just looking at them . they don't look that way
I did measure the other jeep doors today and got 3 3/4" on top of hinge