 removing the rear trunk torsion bars, how to COMPLETELY remove them? Update: SUCCESS! |
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| 914 RZ-1 |
 Jan 4 2018, 09:50 PM
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Porsche Padawan  Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California  |
EDIT: My last post has my comments on my success.
I've seen the posts about un-attaching the torsion bar on the rear trunk lid when replacing the hinges and such, but how do I take the bars completely off? I want to remove them while the hinges are still good and replace the torsion bars with a gas shock kit. The Haynes manual is not really clear. I do not want to cut the bars, since I'd like to save or possibly sell them. Besides, cutting them sounds dangerous as well. Does the tension get completely released when using the methods in the previous posts about this? I've read them and am still not clear. It seems that these methods are for just taking them partway off to attach new bushings/"ears"/etc. I want to completely remove mine. And I don't want to get whacked! |
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| Steve |
Jan 5 2018, 11:06 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,594 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California 
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I just used safety glasses and gloves and removed the bolts / brackets that hold them on. Parts went flying, but no animals were hurt in the process.
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914 RZ-1 removing the rear trunk torsion bars Jan 4 2018, 09:50 PM
bbrock I took mine off a couple months ago. As I recall,... Jan 4 2018, 10:32 PM
Costa05
I took mine off a couple months ago. As I recall... Jan 4 2018, 11:08 PM rhodyguy First, fully open the trunk and prop it up. Remove... Jan 5 2018, 11:13 AM 914 RZ-1 I don't want to cut them, I want to just remov... Jan 5 2018, 08:08 PM bbrock
I don't want to cut them, I want to just remo... Jan 6 2018, 12:54 AM Aidan If Porsche put them in without tension, you can re... Jan 6 2018, 02:37 AM defianty I removed mine recently and didn't have any tr... Jan 6 2018, 03:58 AM 914 RZ-1 Thought I'd wrap this up for any other newbies... Jan 15 2018, 11:38 AM |
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