Rear Trunk Hinge
 

Hi all-

In my trunk episode the other night (see my last post) the shoulder bolt to the trunk hinge actually snapped and froze in the hinge. I've got two questions, unless somebody has alternate suggestions.

1) Is the shoulder bolt threaded in the thicker part, or just on the smaller threads?

2) Has anyone used a regular grade 8 bolt in place of the shoulder bolt?

If anyone has some suggestions of what they may have done, I'd be grateful.

Thanks,
Nate

James Adams (Jwest engineering) sells a replacement trunk hinge assmebly that is better than stock. It uses a spherical joint to replace the shoulder bolt.

Unless you are a concours weenie or own a six, I would suggest that you put a set of these hinges in.

You can't use them on a six because the bolts will hit the oil tank.


James says he is working on that...... ;)

You can use a bolt but you will want to use a piece of steel tubing that is

a little larger ID than the OD of the bolt and a little smaller OD than

the ID of the trunk hinge. Than cut tubing the same size as the sholder

on the old bolt.

or you could weld it on :P

I added grease zerks to the head of each bolt. The grease flows done a
small hole, and then flows sideways out to a tiny groove that I cut into the bearing surface. A drill and a dremel equipped with a tiny cutoff wheel is all that you need. This problem starts with lack of lubrication. While you are reassembling the hinges, place a dab of anti-seeze on the threads so that you will be able to take them apart without rusty threads being a problem.