Rear trunk not sitting properly, I htink its the hinge/pivot... ugh |
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Rear trunk not sitting properly, I htink its the hinge/pivot... ugh |
KaptKaos |
Nov 22 2005, 07:42 PM
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Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Right, so I noticed the other day that the rear trunk was sitting high on the driver's side. Popped it open, lowered, opened, lowered, open, up, down, you get the idea. Only thing I noticed was the roller was cracked and wasn't really rolling, more like sliding. Added some white lithium grease, much quieter, but still not sitting right. (note: the torsion bars are still in use in case you hadn't gleaned that yet)
Stop by PP, pick up some aluminum rollers (very sweet btw), pop in the driver side. No change. Hmmm.... I start pushing the lid forward and back and notice that the hinge/pivot is moving was well. I assume this means that I have a busted weld in there, but I want to make sure. If it is the case, am I looking ay JWest as my best option? The trunk is sitting flush now, but I don't want to make this problem worse. TIA. |
Katmanken |
Nov 24 2005, 09:37 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
On my car, seems like if I weld the pivot into the proper place for the trunk to close, adding the torsion spring seems to move the trunk up outa alignment. That means the pivot should be placed lower but then the trunk is too low and doesn't line up Adding the spring bulges the trunk up but how low (for the pivot) is just right?.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)
Darned PO had one tab on each pivot stick welded and one tab with a small sheet metal screw. Tough to guess where the pivots should go so adjustmet should prove useful... Ken |
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