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Boot lid springs retensioned-at last

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Old Jul 4th, 2020, 11:56   #1
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Default Boot lid springs retensioned-at last

Since getting my 122S 7 years ago, the boot lid repeatedly refused to stay open and frequently clonked me on the head. It was clearly the two torsion rods that cross the boot between and beyond the hinges but I have tried and tried and tried all sorts of methods to retension them further back at the free end and failed every time. Oddly this morning I got up and decided whatever else happened today I would sort out the torsion rods.

Sudden inspiration struck and I managed to do both rods in 10 minutes.

Attached images show a similar diameter and shaped rod with a pair of oval jawed Vicegrips attached at an angle gripping the upright of the rod not the horizontal part. I levered the rod by pulling back the Vicegrips, levered the rod away from the housing with a flat blade screwdriver then as it released pulled back on the Vicegrips and moved it back into the second housing and released it. Voila easy as anything to do with the correct tool. There is a fair amount of tension in the two rods so care has to be taken but the boot lid now rises slowly with almost no effort and remains open regardless of the angle of the car. I hope this helps someone else to do the same thing without the need of some special tool and the cursing I have expelled over the last 7 years.
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Old Jul 4th, 2020, 12:42   #2
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Well done for this improvement. I think that many Amazon owners get klonked on the head quite regularly. I for one will try this mod.

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Old Jul 4th, 2020, 12:49   #3
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I think that you need to post a video on YouTube of you doing the job, . It would save a lot of grief for those who attempt this job. One of the reasons the boot lid does the head bashing is repairing the rusty bottom edge with bondo. Doesn't take much to make the extra weight overcome the spring, due to the leverage.
I think I tried something similar to your method without success but I'm glad it worked for you.
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Old Jul 4th, 2020, 19:20   #4
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See the following thread (on the Dutch forum) about home-made tools. It is the first post (on page 3), with two pics. Said to be a replica of SVO 2572.

https://www.volvokv.nl/forum/overige...schap?start=20

I haven't tried it myself, so can't vouch for its effectiveness.
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Old Jul 4th, 2020, 22:34   #5
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See the following thread (on the Dutch forum) about home-made tools. It is the first post (on page 3), with two pics. Said to be a replica of SVO 2572.

https://www.volvokv.nl/forum/overige...schap?start=20

I haven't tried it myself, so can't vouch for its effectiveness.
Im not sure I follow, when I click on the link it is for something else entirely not for the transverse torsion bars in the boot.
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