Trunk springs reinstall
Help! One spring on my car's trunk got knocked out/off. How do I go about reinstalling it. I'm tired of using an old broom stick to hold the trunk open. Do I have to pull off the trunk lid? I cannot twist it enough to get it back in place.
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Those are a huge PITA. I fixed one half on one of my old GPD cars....just kept tugging at it until I got it back in.
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How did they do it at the factory? I think that there is an easier way...I just have to find it. I think that I'll start out by pulling off the lid, leave the hinges on the car. That will give me room to climb in the trunk to work.
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Today I finally got the trunk lid spring back in place. I took the lid off to make it easier to work inside the trunk. Using a couple of locking pliers I was able to get enough leverage to get the one side to slide into the hinge arm while the other side was hanging down low, but not in position. Once I got the one side into the hinge arm, it was easy to get the other side in position and up on the middle notch. I would say that it ended up being relatively easy, once you've got the right tools. There is no way I'd have gotten it just by hand.
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