Firstly- I hope everyone of you crazy muthas out there are safe. So- I am elbows deep in my latest project and when it arrived the trunk was strapped down to the car and the hinge/torsion bar assembly had been removed and was sitting in the car. Looked simple enough, so i purchased what I thought would be the correct hardware, attached one side then when trying to attach the driver's side, well, regardless of pulling and wrestling with it, the assembly is about 1/2" away from seating properly. Am I missing a step? Do I need longer bolts to seat it in place? Thanks folks- Da Spookman
Afternoon Squirrel- Well, according to the manual it takes a special tool to remove the torsion rods. I was hoping there was a way to install it as a complete unit.
Do you have a manual? The '59 Ford is the same and I'll look later on to see if it has anything useful.
Here's some photo's, hope they help. I learned sometime back in the 70's the rods had to cross correctly or you wouldn't get there. Pay close attention to the crossover of the Rods.