jeffa3 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Has anyone had a problem with a weak tailgate spring?Mine won't keep the tailgate up, keeps dropping back to 1/4 openAre they adjustable? I can see a joining sleeve on the spring with grubscrews attatching it.I dont want to remove it yet until I have an idea about how to put it right but can't find anything about it on the web.Thanks if anyone can help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Sadly not adjustable, but maybe able to ..manipulate the way the torsion bars sit, to put some moer tension on emgot to realise, they will be atleast 40 odd years old noo.M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffa3 Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 Yeh, thats what I thought to be honestNot sure if you can even buy new spring, doubt it. Might have to make do or tie some balloons to it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 6126 wrote:Not sure if you can even buy new spring, doubt it. Might have to make do or tie some balloons to it :)A skyhook ?My 72 Gt6 did that broken torsion spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffa3 Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 All suggestions welcome :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanD Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 6126 wrote:All suggestions welcome :)Rest the rear hatch on the top of your head.... ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddymacp Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Gas ram from a modern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffa3 Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 BrendanD wrote:Rest the rear hatch on the top of your head.... ;D How did you know I had a flat head? :B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Carry a piece of 1 x 1'' timber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffa3 Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 timbancroft61 wrote:Carry a piece of 1 x 1'' timber?Got the timber, am looking at possibly doing the gas damper conversion, apparently there is a kit for mg's that might work.Also, apparently the stag has a very similar looking spring as part of its boot lid- toneau set up, two of them I think. I will have totake it off to compare. Will probably leave this till winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 You might find a spring manufacturer who will remake them.I had a return spring made of my 40 year old (but good) pillar drill, not cheap but worth it. :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I'd go for the timber!Flippant answer, but it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffa3 Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 At the moment Tim, i've got no choice!I was thinking dark oak , to match the black interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Nahh ye all looking at it frae,t wrong angle,this is whats needeFill the hatch up with Helium, it,ll mek it lighter. ;) ;) ;)Plus, carry a Helium Balloon, and hook it on when its open as a fail safe. :PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotoflex Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 If standing behind the car you exhale hard enough while facing the front of the car, you will create a lower-pressure area to generate lift for the tailgate as long as you're exhaling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Turn the car upside down, let gravity assist the spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffa3 Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 'Some very elegant solutions to a pwoblem'.... prof Heinz WolffAny of you ever thought about presenting 'Tomorrows World' ;DRedrooster, with my driving thats probably going to happen anyway ??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotoflex Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Wear a baseball cap with a very strong magnet at the end of the visor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffa3 Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 rotoflex wrote:Wear a baseball cap with a very strong magnet at the end of the visor.Clever! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffa3 Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Have managed to put slightly more tension into spring by moving the clamp position on the spring, tailgate stays up now but still weak, reckon another clamp on spring would possibly do the trick :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnicholson Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 simple answer is remove the filler from the rotten seam around the bottom of the tailgate?? it will fly open then.(that was the problem with one of my GT6's anyway..... :B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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