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Old 06-03-2014, 12:58 AM   #7
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Re: indexing torsion bars?

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Originally Posted by fleetsidelarry View Post
there have been discussions on this before. I can't say it can't be done but I don't recall anyone ever saying they did it. if the bars had splines like 61_Fl_ Apache mentioned above then you could do it but each face on these bars equals 60° which is a lot of drop (I'm guessing 10-12"). the way you change these things out is to jack the front up (with bump stops removed and shocks disconnected) till the control arms are fully down , so basically however much travel there is in the front cross member from loaded to unloaded (again, with no shocks or stops) is how much drop you'd get if you pulled the key off the bar and rotated it one face. maybe you could then crank some lift back into the bar to compensate for some of that, I just don't know

these bars are notorious for being hard (if not impossible) to take out but maybe the keys themselves come off fairly easy. be careful, I recall one member describing how he broke a wrist when something let go.
As fleetsidelarry posted, Indexing in 60 degree increments is too much.

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