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Hatch Lifter Alignment - Jamie '92 968 - 05-15-2009

Yesterday when I opened my hatch, I noticed something bad. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img]

When the hatch is fully opened, one of the lifters seems to bottom out before the other one. This results in the hatch twisting. I noticed that this twist results in motion between the glass and the frame in the top right corner, near the hinge, where my glass has delaminated!
Root cause, or not, this is not helping my delamination problem.

Anybody else ever notice this? I searched the forum last night for any reference to this issue and did not find any.

Does anyone know if the length of the lifters is adjustable?
This might be one more way to minimize strain on this fragile part of the 968 anatomy.

My lifters are OE variety, and I replaced them about 3 years ago. I don't remember any adjustability, and can't see anything from a visual inspection.
Is there some other adjustment to the hinges that I should be considering?
I'm hoping to avoid disconnecting all 4 mount points and/or pulling the roof liner to check for an adjustment if anyone knows the answer off hand.

Thanks for your help,
Jamie

Hatch Lifter Alignment - Ryan - 05-15-2009

If you are talking about the lift struts, there is no adjustment. Maybe one is shot and not doing any lifting. As cheap as they are I would replace both ASAP.

Hatch Lifter Alignment - Jamie '92 968 - 05-15-2009

Thanks for the response Ryan.

The lift struts seem to be OK, and they aren't that old, but I'll consider replacing them.

Are the hatch hinges adjustable?

Maybe it's just the delamination which is degrading the torsional stiffness of the hatch which lets the two sides get out of sync which further agravates the delamination.

Looks like the hatch is moving up on the to-do list priority (from position 15 out of 57 to position 3, after the brakes and inspection, but ahead of the rocker panel seals, steering wheel leather repair, wheel scuff touch-up, floor mats, door speakers, dash repair, seat leather repair, passenger door sill recoloring for the second time, rear speaker chamber sealing, sunroof rattle reapir, door ding fix, motor mounts, ....) [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img]