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

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

No I can't, because the FSM doesn't show a pic of the now notorious "roller 
sleeve bar end."

I can send you a pic of my '58 DeSoto with the deck lid in various states of 
elevation, with a caption "eat your heart out," if that would help...

There is a general pic of the "rear deck torsion bar hinge mechanism," 
[Fig.8] showing a round "bushing" with a slot in the center into which the 
bar end is inserted.

Also a general pic of "adjusting the torsion bars" with "tool" [C-3449] 
[Fig.9]

Just a wild guess here, but wouldn't lubriplating the bar end reduce the 
friction and increase the torsion to the deck lid hinge?  In other words, 
it's the weight of the deck lid on the hinges that causes the lid to drop, 
and the counterforce of the torsion bars which causes the lid to rise.

Can you get your spray can of lubriplate and spray the "roller sleeve bar 
end?"  I'm ass-u-me-ing it's the end opposite of the torsion bar adjustment.

--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 
Plymouth, '41 Dodge

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Jan & Roger van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
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Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Deck Erection.....in ALL positions


> Roger: NOW [emphasis added ] you tell me!
>
> That suggestion, about lubing the "roller sleeve bar end" is not in the
> 57 FSM (probably because REPLACING the T/bars was not contemplated,
> during  the 1957 MY.
>
> That said, I wonder about how/WHY the re- "lubing of the roller sleeve
> bar end is required".
> That area/piece  may be the rotating cups, on the
> hinge-upright/supports.
>
> At any rate (TOO- much) lubrication is not a problem; my limp deck could
> use some MORE
> restriction/resistance; not less friction!
>
> Could you PM me, or the List, here, a page-view of that lube-job????
>
> Neil Vedder

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