Re: [FWDLK] Deck Erection.....in ALL positions

[Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are instructions in the Dodge shop manual as to how to bend the
torsion bars forward and back to make the lid go up slower or faster. I'm
sure you can find the 'sweet spot' where the lid stays open in any position.
My 58 Ply is pretty much like that.

Ron


> Both my all-original 1957 Dodges have the deck lid stay open in any
> position.
> Jim
> The Netherlands
> '57 Dodge x2
>
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> Onderwerp: [FWDLK] Deck Erection.....in ALL positions
>
> Glenn Barratt PM'ed me, to ask me upon what reference I based my
> statement  that a PROPERLY working deck lid  (nyah, nyah, nyah) would
> hold any partially-opened  position
> in which  an operator would  place  it.
>
> From the 57 Dodge Service Manual : " All Dodge [dunno about PLY's
> though] cars have a balanced deck lid [ IN THEORY ] , made possible by a
> torsion bar hinge mechanism. Lifting the deck lid is accomplished with a
> finger tip--the weight of the heavy lid is counter-balanced in all
> positions by the spring tension of the two torsion bars.
>
> As the deck lid is raised [NOT whanged- upward ] , the twisting action
> of the bars against the hinges causes the bars to twist, exerting a
> torsional spring resistance that balances [!!]  the lid.
>
> WHEN LID HAS BEEN ADJUSTED CORRECTLY,  LID SHOULD [ahem] HOLD ANY
> POSITION WHEN RELEASED [emphasis-added] .
>
> So THERE, you smug so-and-so's , with your deck lids that just go
> UP,and stay up,  whenever you want them to.
>
> They don't actually perform like they're supposed to do!
>
> At least, I got to watch MY deck lid perform correctly, for an hour, til
> I closed the lid, on the newly-installed NOS T/bars!
>
> The very next day: experienced the heartbreak Limp Deck Syndrome, all
> over again!
>
>
> Neil Vedder
>
>
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