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What did you do TO your RAM today?

Replaced the lower hinges on both front doors. It’s the only way I have ever managed to get rid of, even temporarily, the famously noisy Dodge/Ram front doors. I’ve done it on all three of my trucks several times over the years.
 
F3arl3sslimited said:
Tell me more, honestly the only complaint the wife has about the truck
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Super easy!
F3arl3sslimited said:
Tell me more, honestly the only complaint the wife has about the truck
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Sorry that was not supposed to be the whole message!

There are some good YouTube videos covering this too.

My truck has factory fender flares and I was able to do this without removing them.

I used a rattle can of matching paint and some cheap clear coat to paint the hinge a day or two before I installed them.

-Remove the inner fender liner
-Remove small piece of insulation and you will see both the upper and lower hinge
-Remove two bolts attaching the hinge to the door and two bolts attaching it to the truck body
(MAKE SURE THE DOOR IS CLOSED BEFORE YOU REMOVE THE BOLTS AND REMAINS CLOSED UNTIL THR NEW HINGE JS INSTALLED)
-Install the new hinge using the existing paint marks to roughly line it up. Tighten the bolts to the door snug and the bolts down. Snug the bolts to the door alittle more than the bolts to the body. Then slowly open the door and make and up and down adjustments on the two bolt attaching the bolts to the body. It helps to have a second set of hands to help with fine tuning the gaps when the door closes. I used a floor jack and a chunk of 4x4 to slightly raise the passenger door a bit before I tightened everything down.
 
Wags38 said:
Replaced the lower hinges on both front doors. It’s the only way I have ever managed to get rid of, even temporarily, the famously noisy Dodge/Ram front doors. I’ve done it on all three of my trucks several times over the years.
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Wags38: I've owned several Dodge trucks 2500 and 3500 regular and quad cab through the years and have never replaced door hinges on any of them. Never experienced the "famously noisy Dodge/Ram front doors". Have I just been lucky through the years.
 
Rockcrawlindude said:
Why can’t you just lube the hinges?
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Zero improvement with lubing the hinges. I’ve read a ton of posts about using a certain type of lube and making sure to lube a specific part of the hinge. It works great immediate afterward then I go open the door the next day and it’s like it was before. Changing the hinge gets me several years of noise free operation.

Basically just a dealers choice kind of thing. If you find a way to quiet them down that works for you, run with it! I have yet to find anything that works well other then just swapping them out.
 
Wags38 said:
Super easy!

Sorry that was not supposed to be the whole message!

There are some good YouTube videos covering this too.

My truck has factory fender flares and I was able to do this without removing them.

I used a rattle can of matching paint and some cheap clear coat to paint the hinge a day or two before I installed them.

-Remove the inner fender liner
-Remove small piece of insulation and you will see both the upper and lower hinge
-Remove two bolts attaching the hinge to the door and two bolts attaching it to the truck body
(MAKE SURE THE DOOR IS CLOSED BEFORE YOU REMOVE THE BOLTS AND REMAINS CLOSED UNTIL THR NEW HINGE JS INSTALLED)
-Install the new hinge using the existing paint marks to roughly line it up. Tighten the bolts to the door snug and the bolts down. Snug the bolts to the door alittle more than the bolts to the body. Then slowly open the door and make and up and down adjustments on the two bolt attaching the bolts to the body. It helps to have a second set of hands to help with fine tuning the gaps when the door closes. I used a floor jack and a chunk of 4x4 to slightly raise the passenger door a bit before I tightened everything down.
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I’ve tried lubing my door hinges and it makes them much louder so I cleaned the lube off with brake cleaner and the door was silent after that so I think the hinges need to stay clean
 
Wags38 said:
Zero improvement with lubing the hinges. I’ve read a ton of posts about using a certain type of lube and making sure to lube a specific part of the hinge. It works great immediate afterward then I go open the door the next day and it’s like it was before. Changing the hinge gets me several years of noise free operation.

Basically just a dealers choice kind of thing. If you find a way to quiet them down that works for you, run with it! I have yet to find anything that works well other then just swapping them out.
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I deleted my post because I meant clean not lube. Almost Forgot that lube makes it worse, cleaning makes it better.
 
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Tims Ram said:
Wags38: I've owned several Dodge trucks 2500 and 3500 regular and quad cab through the years and have never replaced door hinges on any of them. Never experienced the "famously noisy Dodge/Ram front doors". Have I just been lucky through the years.
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Lucky!!! I’ve owned three Rams and everyone has had terribly noisy hinges. Could be due in part to living in the Midwest where road salt like to destroy everything!
 
Rockcrawlindude said:
I’ve tried lubing my door hinges and it makes them much louder so I cleaned the lube off with brake cleaner and the door was silent after that so I think the hinges need to stay clean
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You just blew my mind a little bit. I’ve never thought or read anything about keeping those little suckers clean! That might be the trick!
 
Wags38 said:
Super easy!

Sorry that was not supposed to be the whole message!

There are some good YouTube videos covering this too.

My truck has factory fender flares and I was able to do this without removing them.

I used a rattle can of matching paint and some cheap clear coat to paint the hinge a day or two before I installed them.

-Remove the inner fender liner
-Remove small piece of insulation and you will see both the upper and lower hinge
-Remove two bolts attaching the hinge to the door and two bolts attaching it to the truck body
(MAKE SURE THE DOOR IS CLOSED BEFORE YOU REMOVE THE BOLTS AND REMAINS CLOSED UNTIL THR NEW HINGE JS INSTALLED)
-Install the new hinge using the existing paint marks to roughly line it up. Tighten the bolts to the door snug and the bolts down. Snug the bolts to the door alittle more than the bolts to the body. Then slowly open the door and make and up and down adjustments on the two bolt attaching the bolts to the body. It helps to have a second set of hands to help with fine tuning the gaps when the door closes. I used a floor jack and a chunk of 4x4 to slightly raise the passenger door a bit before I tightened everything down.
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How do you replace hinges with the door closed?
 
Wags38 said:
Lucky!!! I’ve owned three Rams and everyone has had terribly noisy hinges. Could be due in part to living in the Midwest where road salt like to destroy everything!
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I'm in Michigan so I totally understand and hear you on the road salt.
 
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