taking out torsionbars easily?

[bezerk]

planning of doing the budget coilover suspesnion, and read that the torsionbars are a PITA to remove...but if i was going to cut them in 2. couldn't i just slide them out?
thanks

 

[supersports10]

Re: taking out torsionbars easily?

a big c clamp works quite well to pull them out. (releases the tension)

 

[George Blake]

Re: taking out torsionbars easily?

The torsion bars are not a problem. Its the crossmember that is riveted to the frame in most of the trucks. Mine was bolted in. Most are riveted. The torsion bars are no big deal. No. Don't cut them.

 

[Daveman2]

Re: taking out torsionbars easily?

just rent a 2 jaw puller from autozone and when the wheels are off the ground load the key, pull out the stops/adjustment bolt, unload the springs, take out bars, it's too easy

 

[bezerk]

Re: taking out torsionbars easily?

just rent a 2 jaw puller from autozone and when the wheels are off the ground load the key, pull out the stops/adjustment bolt, unload the springs, take out bars, it's too easy

okay, í'm completely new when it comes to torsionbars. but where in this do i need the 2 jaw puller?

 

[dgoodhue]

Re: taking out torsionbars easily?

The torsion bars themselves just slide out; they usually stick with rust, but once that bond is broken they slide right out. I just loosen the torsion bar tension (height adjustment bolt), pull apart the susension, remove the lower a-arms, use a big hammer to slide the torsion bars out.

Cutting them will just make them that much harder to remove from the crossmember (ie I personally think it will be harder to remove them.) I am not quite sure why a 2 jaw puller would be used on, sledge works just fine.

 

[Daryl H]

Re: taking out torsionbars easily?

Put some rust penetrator on the fwd portion of the torsion bar now and let it soak in.
Take a sledge hammer to it to break it free after unloading the torsion.

 

[woundup]

Re: taking out torsionbars easily?

What is the budget coilover conversion? Thanks for the info.

 

[MRKING]

Re: taking out torsionbars easily?

What is the budget coilover conversion? Thanks for the info.

buy some coilovers , and shoehorn them in . :tup: grind a little here and there on the control arms and viola , you just saved a thousand dollars .

 

[Daveman2]

Re: taking out torsionbars easily?

buy some coilovers , and shoehorn them in . :tup: grind a little here and there on the control arms and viola , you just saved a thousand dollars .

This is exactly what he's talkin about.

http://www.turbotimelounge.us/gallery/album93

IF you use the 2-jaw puller to push up on the torsion bar keys so that you can pull the stops/adjustment bolts out, then when you undo the 2-jaw puller you can yank them torsion bars right out.