PocketAces
Well-Known Member
I was having a lot of trouble getting my trunk lid to sit right. I was at the limit of the adjustment and still the lid was high relative to the surrounding metal.
Turns out that wear in the trunk hinges causes this problem. The hinge is a section of square tubing with a hole drilled through it riding on a 1/2" pin. The wear surface is only the thickness of the square tubing. The torsion springs are constantly pushing up on the trunk lid which results in wear in the holes as well as on the pin. You can see the egg shape of the holes in the before picture. Also the bottom side of the pins was partially cut through maybe 1/8" or more. Besides raising the trunk lid, this also prevented the hinge from sliding sideways for good alignment of the lid side-to-side in the opening.
My solution was to enlarge the holes in the hinges and weld in lengths of 3/8" iron pipe. After welding and grinding I drilled the inside diameter of the pipe to match the pins. This provides a much larger bearing surface.
Now the trunk lid is sitting level with the opening adjacent to the hinges and has plenty of adjustment left. It also centered it up better in the opening left to right.
Turns out that wear in the trunk hinges causes this problem. The hinge is a section of square tubing with a hole drilled through it riding on a 1/2" pin. The wear surface is only the thickness of the square tubing. The torsion springs are constantly pushing up on the trunk lid which results in wear in the holes as well as on the pin. You can see the egg shape of the holes in the before picture. Also the bottom side of the pins was partially cut through maybe 1/8" or more. Besides raising the trunk lid, this also prevented the hinge from sliding sideways for good alignment of the lid side-to-side in the opening.
My solution was to enlarge the holes in the hinges and weld in lengths of 3/8" iron pipe. After welding and grinding I drilled the inside diameter of the pipe to match the pins. This provides a much larger bearing surface.
Now the trunk lid is sitting level with the opening adjacent to the hinges and has plenty of adjustment left. It also centered it up better in the opening left to right.