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Hi Folks, We had to undertake this repair on my 64 1500S Squareback last year, and the fault appeared all of a sudden - the hatch appearing to open over far and lock up solid. The hinge itself displayed stress cracks. We came to two conclusions :- The failure is probably due to seizure and / or ovaling of one of the hinge pins - so lubrication is a good idea if you can gain access . (The hinge cover means that until it fails its a case of out of sight out of mind.) The later hinges are strengthened in the area that cracked on mine - certainly for me the later hinge could be used to replace the earlier item . I'm guessing that VW spotted problem during the 60's - sadly I don't know the year of the hinge that I obtained but when compared it shows an extra long section of reinforcing down one side of the arm. Mike Jones 1964 1500S Variant - Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Wilson" <paulwilsonone@hotmail.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Squareback Rear hatch hinge problems. > Jim, > Success!! By the time I got through the second hinge, things were going > pretty smooth. We ended up removing the two pins from the hinge and > installing the two pieces separately. This worked!! > Thanks a lot for the help with this. It took about an hour and a half to > install the hinges and realign the hatch. > Paul > > >From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> > >Reply-To: type3@vwtype3.org > >To: type3@vwtype3.org > >Subject: Re: [T3] Squareback Rear hatch hinge problems. > >Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 09:57:36 -0600 > > > >On 27 Oct 2003 at 17:36, Paul Wilson wrote: > > > > > The rear hatch hinges on my 66 Squareback are bent. When the hatch is > > > opened, it appears to go up too far, you then have to use a big > >screwdriver > > > and pry between the hinge parts before it will close. > > > >You'll have to take the rear door off before you even start this job. Then > >remove the hinge cover(s) and possibly open up the rear end of the > >headliner. > > > >This is a job that deserves a healthy dose of care and respect. Go at it > >too > >quickly and you are likely to lose a finger, or worse. I use a small and > >medium > >sized crowbar and a big screwdriver, as well as a special bending lever I > >made. > >Even with these tools it's a scary job. It may be better with 2 people, but > >it > >would have to be a helper you work well with and really trust. > > > >Even skilled help may not be enough. Part of the problem is finding a way > >to do > >this job while keeping the spring loaded hinge from slipping away from your > >tooling and snapping at you. > > > >There is probably a special tool that makes this job easy, but I haven't > >found > >it yet. > > > >-- > >******************************* > >Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > >Madison, Wisconsin, USA > >******************************* > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your computer infected with a virus? Find out with a FREE computer virus > scan from McAfee. Take the FreeScan now! > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 >