 warning - rear trunk tension bars, can seriously injure or worse ... |
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| jimkelly |
 Jun 16 2005, 06:58 PM
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Delaware USA  Group: Members Posts: 4,969 Joined: 5-August 04 From: Delaware, USA Member No.: 2,460 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
I tried to replace the plastic rollers today. Luckily I had read on pelican how dangerous these bars are. One was weak - I was surprised but later noticed this was due to it was improperly/partially mounted. The other was wickedly tighted - I managed to move it to the side and pow - it did not go far but there is not way I can get it back. So I did a search and found this. http://www.camp914.com/products/shox.html - This looks to be what I will use to rectify the situation. Jim
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| william harris |
Jun 16 2005, 07:03 PM
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914 Restorer Group: Members Posts: 1,459 Joined: 9-January 04 From: Hamilton, MA Member No.: 1,539 |
Jim - send a message to Eric Sanders - partsman here. He made up a tool to remove and reinstall these torsion bars, with the right tool (allowing control and leverage) they can be removed and reinstalled with no problem. I know, we did it a couple of times. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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| jimkelly |
Jun 16 2005, 07:23 PM
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Delaware USA Group: Members Posts: 4,969 Joined: 5-August 04 From: Delaware, USA Member No.: 2,460 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
The tool is probably cheaper too - but $40 for struts ain't too bad and a bit modern as well. Thanks though. Jim (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif)
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| davep |
Jun 16 2005, 07:36 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,137 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada  |
You are lucky nothing was amputated. They are a tricky job to tackle.
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