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Here are some photos showing the offset of the ends better.

Going to try and get him to take a picture down the length of the bar to see the offset of the two ends.

It's a friend's car so I'll have to get him to send me a picture.

Haven't fixed it yet. Did get another torsion bar. The repair procedure calls for removing the tailgate but it looks like it could be done without doing that.

1966 cars use the caps like you show. Same cap as what my car came with but without the lines. I'll look into the screw thing.

Do the 1966 and 1967 disc brake steel wheels accommodate the larger dog dish caps that were used on the cars back then? I know disc brake cars normally came with full wheel covers but I'm looking for some 15" wheels that will take the large dog dish caps and fit over disc brakes. I got wheels...

Found '65 880 wagon parts on Ebay but their torsion bar is also broken off. Maybe it's a common problem and why they redesigned it in 1967.

Ok, here's the update on the 1965 Town & Country tailgate counterbalance. I went over and looked at the car. The torsion bar is broken off and the broken part has been removed from the gate. Only 1965 and 1966 fit as they changed to a beefier bar setup in 1967 and 1968. In these pictures you can...

My friend had the same problem with his '64 wagon when he got it. His friend Dale helped him, he says: "Dale and I put a rope down tailgate then pulled it up around the window. I had him operate the switch up n down. The window finally went down and I used the rope to help pull it back up. We...

According to the parts book, there is only one torsion bar. It goes up to the slide track on the passenger side. The other side is just a support arm. Part number 2520250 on the torsion bar.

I'll post what we find out when we dig into it. Either the torsion bars are broken or disconnected. You have to remove the tailgate to take out the torsion bars but we're going to try rolling up the window with the gate open to see what we can see.

BTW, the Chrysler manual doesn't show this info on the torsion bars, that's why he didn't find it in his.

Thanks for the links to the service manual and parts book. The service manual shows that the bars that ride up and down in the tracks are the torsion bars for counterbalance as well as limiting the travel of the gate. We'll have to open up the gate to see if they are broken or disconnected inside.

We looked at a '66 Fury wagon and the tailgate was counterbalanced but didn't get a chance to look at it closely enough to see how it worked. The owner was able to stop the tailgate halfway down. I can't imagine Chrysler eliminating it since as a family car, women would have to work the tailgate...

Anyone know how the tailgate is counterbalanced on a '65 wagon? A friend has '64 and '65 New Yorker Town & Country wagons and on the '65, there is no counterbalancing on the tailgate like on the '64. Something is wrong with it but the service manual doesn't give any help. The '64 uses torsion...