Trunk moves has play (minor left right movement)
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Trunk moves has play (minor left right movement)
The trunk on my 2002 Voyager XII squeaks and moves slightly left and right slightly unless it is snug against the passenger seat. How can this be remedied? Are the bolts IN the trunk the cause and how they are snugged down?
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Re: Trunk moves has play (minor left right movement)
IIRC, the trunk slides on some units that don't snug down. This is obvious if you remove the trunk.
A bit of play is by design -- I understand that some movement helps with stable handling. But with the XII this might be just the best they could do.
A bit of play is by design -- I understand that some movement helps with stable handling. But with the XII this might be just the best they could do.
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Re: Trunk moves has play (minor left right movement)
So much the better moving it toward the center of mass.
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Re: Trunk moves has play (minor left right movement)
I've been through the trunk adventure, in three phases:
1. flip the white plastic doohickeys upside-down and put them under the bracket.
2. ask Gene K. to make you some nifty stainless steel sliders (I did not due to his workload)
3. Drill and bolt the durn thing down (this was my final solution). I have no need to slide the trunk forward. I'd say I've got the trunk a little rearward from stock, maybe 1"? Whatever room I had.
Nails, the reason for being able to slide the trunk is to be able to snug the passenger up behind the driver if desired, say if the driver is shorter and the pass. seat is slid (slided? slidden?) forward.
There is probably a little bit of slop designed in because if it was too snug it would be difficult or impossible to slide the trunk.
1. flip the white plastic doohickeys upside-down and put them under the bracket.
2. ask Gene K. to make you some nifty stainless steel sliders (I did not due to his workload)
3. Drill and bolt the durn thing down (this was my final solution). I have no need to slide the trunk forward. I'd say I've got the trunk a little rearward from stock, maybe 1"? Whatever room I had.
Nails, the reason for being able to slide the trunk is to be able to snug the passenger up behind the driver if desired, say if the driver is shorter and the pass. seat is slid (slided? slidden?) forward.
There is probably a little bit of slop designed in because if it was too snug it would be difficult or impossible to slide the trunk.
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VXII Manuals:
https://amervoyassoc.org/zg1200manuals.php
Philadelphia, PA
2000 Voyager XII "Gertrude" - deceased
1993 Vulcan 88 "Emily"
2008 Ford CVPI
SJ Retreads, PGR, WWR
VXII Manuals:
https://amervoyassoc.org/zg1200manuals.php
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Re: Trunk moves has play (minor left right movement)
Zip ties years ago took the slack out of the slide track, problem solved. You too can become a qualified "Zip Tie Technician".
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Re: Trunk moves has play (minor left right movement)
"My Kawasaki is a tie-wrap queenRich in New Jersey wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 1:20 am Zip ties years ago took the slack out of the slide track, problem solved. You too can become a qualified "Zip Tie Technician".
She's held together, no bolts to be seen
I don't know why she don't fall apart
Oops lost another bolt over here..."
My apologies (NOT) to the 'Stones
Dennis Fariello
Philadelphia, PA
2000 Voyager XII "Gertrude" - deceased
1993 Vulcan 88 "Emily"
2008 Ford CVPI
SJ Retreads, PGR, WWR
VXII Manuals:
https://amervoyassoc.org/zg1200manuals.php
Philadelphia, PA
2000 Voyager XII "Gertrude" - deceased
1993 Vulcan 88 "Emily"
2008 Ford CVPI
SJ Retreads, PGR, WWR
VXII Manuals:
https://amervoyassoc.org/zg1200manuals.php