txstang84
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didn't wprk for me I bent 2 sets of strut$
Damn-did you do something different than what was shown above?
didn't wprk for me I bent 2 sets of strut$
nopeDamn-did you do something different than what was shown above?
Started on it yesterday, I will post Pics and info soon!!!
None that i have seenStill no pics?
Was hoping we could figure tis out so others may learn...
just a guess but i'd say you had something out of alignment or at a weird angle.I did the measuring mounted & welded the nuts to the hinge lowered the trunk lid 6 inches , mounted the strut rod a close to the floor as I could ( as per instructions) I even removed some of the hinge support to get the strut rod as close to the floor as I could. I went to close it and the strut rod bent and the nut I welded in popped out. rewelded the nut on the hinge, this time not wanting to take any chances I welded the washers also. mounted everything went to close it and bent the second pair of strut rods.
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It looks like the lower stud is too high. Needs to be real close to the floor...I did the measuring mounted & welded the nuts to the hinge lowered the trunk lid 6 inches , mounted the strut rod a close to the floor as I could ( as per instructions) I even removed some of the hinge support to get the strut rod as close to the floor as I could. I went to close it and the strut rod bent and the nut I welded in popped out. rewelded the nut on the hinge, this time not wanting to take any chances I welded the washers also. mounted everything went to close it and bent the second pair of strut rods.
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I welded bungs into the arm for bracket at the apex, you can see the brackets in the picture above they are triangular with a hole in the center. You can buy the stud attachment bracket from Guden. It will serve the same purpose as the bracket I made. If you weld the brackets to the arm it won't weaken it. Yes, I put sealed bearings at the end of the arm. I drilled and tapped the truck stud for a 10-32 screw to hold the bearing in place.@retroron So you created mounting brackets that attach to the arm and the bracket? This requires no drilling on the arm? My concern has been that if I were to drill the arm, I might compromise it and have it bend or break.
And did you put sealed ball bearings at the ends of the arms? Very nice!
I removed the original torsion rod springs....I went back and re-read this thread. I don't understand why people are leaving the torsion springs installed after they install the gas spring. If the correct load rated gas spring is used, the torsion springs aren't needed. Plus the gas springs clean up the entire trunk. I modified the trunk hinges to accomodate spherical bearings, it makes for a smoother hinge rotation when the trunk is being opened or closed.