Torsion bar adjusting

[twistednut]

I know you guys have talked about this before but I still aint getting it, I need pictures or something. I have a 61 and cant get the bars to budge. the bar goes thru the lower A arm, there a nut in front and in back of the A arm and its on a jack off the ground and theres no way in hell it's moving. what am i doing wrong, and no I'm not buying a 150.00 dollar tool so lets be creative Please. The only place i see to put a wrench is on either of the nuts on the A arm.

[markeb01]

The torsion bars are not adjusted near the control arms. The other end of each t-bar attaches to a lever, which is held in a crossmember by an adjusting bolt. This crossmember is to the rear of the transmission. The lever points toward the center of the chassis, and the bolt is installed vertically. Tightening this bolt (one on each side) increases the tension and lifts the truck, or turning counter clockwise will drop the ride height.

If you still have problems respond and I'll scan a couple of pictures.

[markeb01]

Here's a picture out of the torsion bar suspension out of the truck. The levers at the rear of the bars are what change the tension.

[twistednut]

Thanks Mark, No one ever said where it was located befroe, and the pic is nice. Twistednut

[fleetsidelarry]

that picture's worth a bunch of words for sure. Twisted, I'd suggest you refer back to recent discussions on this subject for SAFETY-related issues when removing/adjusting (esp. the post about what can happen if the adj bolt breaks)

[twistednut]

Yea i tried looking thru the old threads and most were replys from people that already knew what and where it was and so it was like trying to figure out japaneese on the chineese radio. but i got most of it already. bad thing about going back to old threads is you can only read and not reply.