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    Offline Chlngrcrzy

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    Help! Installation of trunk lid torsion rods
    « on: July 15, 2010 - 10:55:46 PM »
    Oh my   :banghead:  :banghead:  :banghead: How freaking hard can it be to install these things. I know exactly where they go, but i can't get them into the slot or the slide over the hinge arm.  Is there a secret to these things, or am i just stupid! Right now i could just step away from this and never look back. Any ideas? 
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    Offline Topcat

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    Re: Help! Installation of trunk lid torsion rods
    « Reply #1 on: July 15, 2010 - 11:04:51 PM »
    I used a beefy pointed end pry bar. Was easy. Slipped right in to the notch. Looks kinda like this.


    http://www.harborfreight.com/16-inch-solid-steel-pry-bar-31383.html
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    Re: Help! Installation of trunk lid torsion rods
    « Reply #2 on: July 16, 2010 - 05:14:48 AM »
    I used a big screw driver. You have to pull back towards the rear bumper.

       
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    Re: Help! Installation of trunk lid torsion rods
    « Reply #3 on: July 16, 2010 - 07:37:18 AM »
    I used speaker wire so I didn't scratch anything.
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    Brooks

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    Re: Help! Installation of trunk lid torsion rods
    « Reply #4 on: July 16, 2010 - 11:51:52 AM »
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    I used a big screw driver. You have to pull back towards the rear bumper.

    What?  The purple convoluted tubing didn't work?  :biggrin:
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    Offline Chlngrcrzy

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    Re: Help! Installation of trunk lid torsion rods
    « Reply #5 on: July 16, 2010 - 08:14:50 PM »
    Quote from: MEK-Dangerfield on July 16, 2010 - 05:14:48 AM
    I used a big screw driver. You have to pull back towards the rear bumper.

       
    That end hasn't been a problem, it is the other end where the sliders go along the hinge , and getting the rod up into its notch,
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    Re: Help! Installation of trunk lid torsion rods
    « Reply #6 on: July 18, 2010 - 12:33:08 AM »
    The rod has to go into the notch first, and then into the tensioner slots that MEK posted the pic of.
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    Brooks

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