Trunk lid support arm

[Dennis Pereira]

My question! is this supposed to pivot? where I'm pointing this part is powder coated, I think and solid.

 

[J Franklin]

Yes, It is just crude up.

 

[Dennis Pereira]

Yes, It is just crude up.

Thanks time for the torch to melt the powder coat.

 

[J Franklin]

Maybe that is why Ford used paint.

 

[Superhart]

Why not anchor the mounting bracket in a vice, spray the pivot joint with WD40 and work the arm until it loosens up. Beats ruining the powder coating with heat.

 

[Dennis Pereira]

Why not anchor the mounting bracket in a vice, spray the pivot joint with WD40 and work the arm until it loosens up. Beats ruining the powder coating with heat.

No way WD 40 would loosen that up it was covered in powder coating not even a crack. The powder coating was smoking before it came loose it's a reproduction part, so nothing harmed. I tried PB Blaster before the torch would not budge.

 

[marc silva]

Hold a soldering iron on the rivet while it is clamped in the vice or screwed to a piece of wood or bench top then start wiggling it. You won’t cook all the powder coating off where you don’t want to. Just around the rivet head will melt. Just my opinion…