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| toecutter |
 Mar 20 2005, 09:51 AM
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Kid Close Enough  Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 6-March 05 From: Sherman, Texas Member No.: 3,723  |
This is my first post here so be gentle with me. I just ordered replacement trunk hinge pivots from JWest (last night actually) and since it is a beautiful day today I thought I would remove the old, wallowed out pivots. Since I haven't received them yet I am assuming I just need to drill out the spot welds. Anybody have any suggestions?
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| riverman |
Mar 20 2005, 10:46 AM
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Learn As I Go Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 18-January 05 From: Kitchener, ON Member No.: 3,466 |
As 9146986 said, be careful with the torsion bars. They store alot of energy.
You can drill out the spot welds with a normal drill, but you may want to be careful that you don't drill through the metal underneath as well. It just gives the rust something to start on. The best way is to use a spot weld cutter, but I did all my spot weld cutting with a drill. I started out with a 1/4" bit and drilled into the center of the weld untill I could see that the egde of the bit had gone in about 1mm. Then I went to a wider 3/8" bit and just widened the hole but didn't go any deeper. This seems to remove the weld but doesn't go through the metal underneath (it might leave a small divot). Once you cut out all the spot welds, the part you are trying to remove should just fall off. Also, you may want to remove the paint where the spot welds are. Sometimes they are hard to see and there is a surprising number of them. |
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toecutter Trunk Hinge Pivot Installation Mar 20 2005, 09:51 AM
9146986 Have you removed the rear lid and the springs? Yo... Mar 20 2005, 09:55 AM skline If you are lucky, the PO didnt get in there and ge... Mar 20 2005, 11:02 AM 9146986 A important thing I forgot to add to my post, is t... Mar 20 2005, 11:14 AM toecutter It went smooth and by the numbers. Drilled using g... Mar 20 2005, 05:18 PM MattR Whats the trick to get the torsion bars off withou... Mar 20 2005, 06:22 PM James Adams I like to use a cutoff wheel. Cut away the bracke... Mar 20 2005, 06:42 PM jwalters http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/e... Mar 20 2005, 07:18 PM
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