 I need help with rear trunk torsion bar, How do I get the bar behind the roller? |
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| Doug Leggins |
 Oct 4 2005, 08:55 PM
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The teener kicked my ass tonight! I simply wore myself out trying to get the rear trunk torsion bar behind the trunk roller.
I searched for as much info as I cold find before beginning this task. I modified my 12" adjustable wrench as mentioned on other threads on this topic. This tool proved to be a very good lever for pushing the torsion bar back. I could get the torsion bar pushed/twisted back well enough but I could not get it around the hinge roller/pin. I tried several times but could not find a way to get the roller behind the pin on the hinge. I tried to remove the hinge then hold the torsion bar back as far as I could and then reinstall the hinge -This is the task the wore me out! No matter how or what I tried I could not find a way to get the bar behind the roller. Anyone know the secret/technique to get the torsion bar in place? Here is a pic of the wrench with a notch cut out on the end. Attached image(s) 
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| jsteele22 |
Oct 5 2005, 06:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 727 Joined: 24-August 05 From: Colorado Springs, CO Member No.: 4,653 |
Car looks sweet, BTW (I'm thinking of converting to signal orange if I ever get around to painting.) I repaired a hinge on my car when I got it, and was gonna get the metal rollers (one of the plastic ones was cracked.) When I looked at how it worked and how hard it was to install, I decided it just wasn't a very good design compared to a shock (really shock + spring) kit. To keep the trunk lid up, the force required is inversely proportional to the distance from the pivot. If you want your force applied 10 times closer than it would be with a shock/spring system, you've gotta apply 10 times more force. Hmm. it would seem that a force that large could over time prove harmful to the hinges. Anyone ever heard of hinge problems on a 914 ? How about any car w/ the shock/spring setup ? I understand the aesthetic of not having those shocks there, and also the desire to keep a car as stock looking as possible, but in my case neither of these apply. So I bought a shock kit, which I still have in its original packaging. When I need to keep the trunk lid open, I use my head. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) |
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Doug Leggins I need help with rear trunk torsion bar Oct 4 2005, 08:55 PM
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