Retainer for trunk lid torsion bars

A retainer for retaining a pair of vehicular trunk torsion bars which are in non-parallel overlying relation comprising housing means for receiving and resiliently nesting the torsion bars including

• an elongated upper housing portion,
• an elongated separator depending from said housing portion for preventing contact between the clamped torsion bars,
• opposed locking fingers spaced from said separator and depending from said upper housing portion for defining a pair of nesting channels in which said torsion bars can be nested,
• said separator depending downwardly beyond said locking fingers a distance selected so that said separator can be located between the torsion bars proximate the location where the torsion bars overly, and
• a tongue projecting upwardly from said upper housing portion and extending perpendicularly to said separator and located centrally on said upper housing portion so that an installer can grip said tongue between adjacent fingers, slide said separator between the torsion bars into engagement therewith at the location where the torsion bars overly and pull said housing against the torsion bars to nest the torsion bars in said nesting channels.