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

[Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From the '58 DeSoto FSM, after a year of "improvements:"

"As the deck lid is raised, the action of the rollers against the hinge arm 
causes the torsion bars to twist, exerting torsional spring resistance that 
BALANCES the lid." [emphasis added]

NEIL, PAY ATTENTION HERE:

Torsion bar roller ends are lubricated at the factory and should not require 
additional lubrication.  IF A NEW BAR IS INSTALLED, HOWEVER, COAT ROLLER 
SLEEVE BAR END WITH LUBRIPLATE BEFORE INSTALLATION."  [emphasis added]

The torsion bars are removed with tool C-3449.  But "correcting deck lid 
contour" is done using a "RUBBER MALLET."

--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 
Plymouth, '41 Dodge
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Hoekendijk" <57_Super_D-500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Deck Erection.....in ALL positions


> 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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