My decklid will not stay up in the wind. I finally was able to get photos to show the problem--I think it has something to do with the right torque rod and its retaining pin. Would you please look at the photos below and give me some suggestions on what I need to do to fix the problem? Many thanks.

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Not sure by the pictures but it looks like the pin could be in the middle hole. Move the pin to the rear position.
There are three positions for the pin which adjusts torsion pressure/ strength.
Front of car is weakest, back of car is strongest.

Torsion springs are under alot of force!

I hooked up a heavy duty strap on the lowest part of the torsion spring directly under the hinge and pulled it back. A come along works good, couple of trustworthy strong friends. Pull back on spring and pull pin out and put into next hole back.
Just did mine two weeks ago, took just a couple of minutes. I wish you good luck and be carefull.
jetman

quote Originally posted by jetman: Not sure by the pictures but it looks like the pin could be in the middle hole. Move the pin to the rear position. There are three positions for the pin which adjusts torsion pressure/ strength. Front of car is weakest, back of car is strongest. The Jetman , told it straight and true . Galen Smith Red 85 Sport Coupe Founder Of Suncoast Fiero Club Florida Fiero Council Torsion springs are under alot of force! I hooked up a heavy duty strap on the lowest part of the torsion spring directly under the hinge and pulled it back. A come along works good, couple of trustworthy strong friends. Pull back on spring and pull pin out and put into next hole back. Just did mine two weeks ago, took just a couple of minutes. I wish you good luck and be carefull. jetman

By the way, Instead of strong friends, I used a HiLo to pull back all the while saying my Hail Mary's that I didnt accidently slip the clutch.
My ground strap is on my lower right hinge bolt, where do you have yours? I remember being extremly carefull not to snap mine.
jetman

jetman, you are correct. The pin is in the middle hole.

However, the retaining pin on the left side is in the hole closest to the firewall (see photo below).

Should I move both pins to the rear most holes? It's a GT with the factory wing.

According to the Helm manual, the hinge needs to be removed before the retaining pin can be taken out. As I understand your post, I don't need to remove the hinge, just get the torque rod pulled back toward the rear of the car and the pin will remove easily, and I then insert it into the hole closest to the rear of the car??

Does the rod or pin on the right side look damaged? The rod is flush to the pin on the left side but is not flush on the right.

Thanks for the continuing assistance.

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I would say move the left side pin from the first hole/ front of car to the middle and go from there.
That may be enough so try that first.

I just ran out to my car in my pajamas in a Detroit winter and saw that torsion spring was not absolutly flush with the head of the pin. Close but not totally.

Remember the springs are under alot of pressure.
jetman

Edit because I am a Detroit frozen idiot still in pajamas.
I took another look at pictures. Did not notice that you had right and left hand side photos.
Your left hand side picture looks like the torsion rod/spring is OK, held by pin.

Pull the torsion spring/bar back behind the hole you want to move it to , in this case middle (for starters) and go from there.
Hope this helps.
jetman

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I do appreciate your checking even with it snowing, but I didn't need an answer that quickly--still thanks for the effort.

I'm not sure what you mean by "the 'spike' end of the right hand side pin looked like it was not there? short/ cut off/ not in all the way?" All the photos above except for the last one are of the right side (the last one shows the left side). I know the last photo is blurry where it shows the rod and pin (these were all taken by a friend with a digital camera, so I basically got whatever she emailed me).

Anyway, the right side pin is indeed not in all the way (that's why I am worried something may be broken), but as for not being there or being cut off I don't understand--the pin is the same thing as the "spike" you are referring to, correct??

Sorry, I thought all photos were right hand side. Pin/ spike looked OK where it was right hand side. Torsion pressure keeps pin in, just have "head" of pin in all way.
Had to check on my horn also while outside.
jetman
sorry to confuse you, thought all photos were right hand side.

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