{"id":1297,"date":"2013-12-11T21:34:02","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T03:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2015-12-31T15:52:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T21:52:30","slug":"dec-11-2013-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/2013\/12\/dec-11-2013-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 11, 2013 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, a couple of beers and researching how to remove the trunk torsion springs, I went outside and dove into the project. \u00a0I went out to study the situation and one thing led to another and before I knew it, I was able to remove the trunk torsion springs without doing any damage:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/2013\/12\/dec-11-2013-update\/img_0498\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1298\" alt=\"IMG_0498\" src=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0498.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0498.jpg 565w, https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0498-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/2013\/12\/dec-11-2013-update\/img_0499\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1299\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1299\" alt=\"IMG_0499\" src=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0499.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0499.jpg 565w, https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0499-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/2013\/12\/dec-11-2013-update\/img_0500\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1300\" alt=\"IMG_0500\" src=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0500.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0500.jpg 565w, https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0500-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a>Basically what I did was to move each side to the lowest notch using a socket over the bar, then I removed the springs from the middle catch, and finally removed the springs from the last hooks using some vice grips and screw drivers. \u00a0I would suggest protecting the windows and body when doing this as they are under a lot of tension. \u00a0One person can do this, but an extra set of hands would make it easier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, a couple of beers and researching how to remove the trunk torsion springs, I went outside and dove into the project. \u00a0I went out to study the situation and one thing led to another and before I knew it, I was able to remove the trunk torsion springs without doing any damage: Basically what &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/2013\/12\/dec-11-2013-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dec 11, 2013 Update<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camaro","tag-torsion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494,"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions\/2494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dougbratton.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}