Do the door hinges have captive nuts?

[POD]

I'm going to remove the big, ugly truck mirrors from the doors of my new 130 and fit long-arm standard type mirrors that are on their way from Paddocks. The new mirrors are attached by a screw from the back of the hinge, so I need to unscrew the top hinges from the door and swing them forward. Do I need to remove the door trims and get to a nut inside the door to do this, or are the hinge nuts captive?

[130man]

Hi Pod, I think there is a thread or two that mention doing this. If you haven't done so, try Search. One of the threads includes stuff about Trayon Campers, IIRC. I think the nuts are not captive and need to be wedged into place or they will fall to the bottom of the door space. Cheers, 130man.

[rick130]

No, they aren't captive (:rolleyes:) but you can get to them with a small open ender and IIRC just pop a few of the Christmas tree fasteners off at the hinge side and bottom, as you will drop at least one nut ;)

(I had to tighten the bolts for the mirror about a month ago)

[austastar]

Hi,
Thread on it here. (http://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130-defender-county/105369-wider-mirrors-carrying-camper-d130-cc.html)

cheers

[POD]

No, they aren't captive (:rolleyes:) but you can get to them with a small open ender and IIRC just pop a few of the Christmas tree fasteners off at the hinge side and bottom, as you will drop at least one nut ;)

(I had to tighten the bolts for the mirror about a month ago)

Challenge accepted.

[POD]

Mission accomplished. No nuts dropped. The blu-tak idea is a ripper, I'm sure that left to my own devices I would have come up with something far more complicated.