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| Philw |
 Jul 13 2011, 03:16 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 15-March 09 From: England Member No.: 10,170 Region Association: England  |
Hello all, I have been grappling with what must be one of the "worst" jobs on the 914 (till the next one) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) namely refitting the springs for the rear trunk or boot as we UK owners call it.... The mecahnism had to be removed as part of my hell hole welding repairs recently. After several hours of fighting the incredible pressure these springs are under (and many thanks to the excellent step by step guide on this forum for refitting the springs) I finally manged to get the 2nd spring under its hinge "perch" last night slipped the roller on and was congratulating myself when I discovered in my enthusiasm tightening up everything when the spring was in place I have sheared the bolt holding the hinge "pivot". So I shall have to drill out the old bolt and maybe have to tap a new thread depending on how lucky I am. My request here is does anyone know the part number for the bolt I have sheared? I need to order a new one and am hoping the official Porsche spares network will come to my rescue as in the past they have been excellent with these sort of pieces. If not it'll be Mittelmotor or Pelican I guess. I have tried to attach some pictures hope they work ok. This job was meant to be an easy one after realising I needed a break from the front struts which are still work in progress....
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| SLITS |
Jul 13 2011, 06:10 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
One other thing .... ditch the torsion bars and buy the gas shock setup. This relieves the stress on the bolt ... wella ... no more pulled hinge mounts or broken bolts.
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| 914itis |
Jul 13 2011, 09:02 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(SLITS @ Jul 13 2011, 08:10 PM)  One other thing .... ditch the torsion bars and buy the gas shock setup. This relieves the stress on the bolt ... wella ... no more pulled hinge mounts or broken bolts. I am about to put my hinges back and I am afraid that the same thing will happen. does anyone have a trick on how to deal with that spring? |
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| r_towle |
Jul 13 2011, 09:06 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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QUOTE(ppetion @ Jul 13 2011, 11:02 PM) QUOTE(SLITS @ Jul 13 2011, 08:10 PM) One other thing .... ditch the torsion bars and buy the gas shock setup. This relieves the stress on the bolt ... wella ... no more pulled hinge mounts or broken bolts. I am about to put my hinges back and I am afraid that the same thing will happen. does anyone have a trick on how to deal with that spring? its simple. Get a 6 inch socket extension and a deep 10mm socket. Use this as a tool... Put the 10mm socket over the end of the spring, bend it down and onto the pulley, then pull the socket off. Rich |
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| 914itis |
Jul 13 2011, 09:49 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(r_towle @ Jul 13 2011, 11:06 PM) QUOTE(ppetion @ Jul 13 2011, 11:02 PM) QUOTE(SLITS @ Jul 13 2011, 08:10 PM) One other thing .... ditch the torsion bars and buy the gas shock setup. This relieves the stress on the bolt ... wella ... no more pulled hinge mounts or broken bolts. I am about to put my hinges back and I am afraid that the same thing will happen. does anyone have a trick on how to deal with that spring? its simple. Get a 6 inch socket extension and a deep 10mm socket. Use this as a tool... Put the 10mm socket over the end of the spring, bend it down and onto the pulley, then pull the socket off. Rich Thanks, thats a great technique |
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Posts in this topic
Philw Sheared trunk hinge Bolt Jul 13 2011, 03:16 AM
SLITS If the threads are not rusted in place, it can be ... Jul 13 2011, 06:56 AM Rex-n-effect The part # is 914 512 191 10. Still available from... Jul 13 2011, 07:59 AM windforfun Use PB Blaster to loosen it up. Jul 13 2011, 10:35 AM Jeffs9146 PB, PB, PB, Heat, PB, Heat
Drill and extract! Jul 13 2011, 11:11 AM stugray One trick I learned at the racetrack for extractin... Jul 13 2011, 03:39 PM
Philw Thanks for all the tips, I have bought some new dr... Jul 14 2011, 02:25 PM Mr Pharmacist I'm doing a similar thing too and want to get ... Jul 14 2011, 02:33 PM Philw I saw these when I was looking into options when t... Jul 14 2011, 02:57 PM Philw Finally got back to this job, drilled the sheared ... Oct 12 2011, 04:25 PM jsayre914 :first:
Thats great news. I love when things jus... Oct 12 2011, 04:55 PM 76-914 :wttc: Oct 12 2011, 05:17 PM
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