Questions about rear trunk hinges & pivots, are these hinges repairable? - NOPE |
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Questions about rear trunk hinges & pivots, are these hinges repairable? - NOPE |
seanpaulmc |
Jun 24 2017, 11:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 373 Joined: 6-December 16 From: Orlando, FL Member No.: 20,649 Region Association: South East States |
Here are some pictures of the rear trunk pivots in the 914 I bought. It looks like a few people have been in there before, but I don't know what it should look like. Although it is working as of now, I want to plan this repair before it goes bad.
Would someone post a picture what this should look like originally? And, would someone post pictures of the JWest trunk pivots installed? Are there other options? JWest shows out of stock. Thanks in advance. |
seanpaulmc |
Dec 26 2017, 07:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 373 Joined: 6-December 16 From: Orlando, FL Member No.: 20,649 Region Association: South East States |
Are these rear trunk hinges salvageable? The small linkage is broken (both sides of the car) and disconnected from the main part of the hinge, and on the driver's side the pin on the hinge where the roller for the torsion bar rests is very heavily grooved. It is unlikely a new roller can be put on this pin in this condition.
The torsion bars for holding up the trunk are disconnected was hoping to get them reconnected until seeing all this. Update on the original question here is no I have not yet addressed the hinge pivots. If you look at the earlier pictures you can see they are screwed in place - the cups have no tack welds holding them. The trunk lid seems level and adjusted well enough. Cleaning and tack welding the pivots in place seems to be a good course of action as I need to also do the same the to the driver's side L-bracket for the engine lid. My questions are: 1. Can these broken hinge links be repaired? 2. What to do about the worn out pin? |
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