Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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You have to boil them in hot water to soften them up. take the pot over to your work area they should slip right on.
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Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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Get a transmission filler funnel. Cut off the big end to just fit over the T bar. Grease up the outside of the funnel and push the seal down the funnel onto the T bar
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Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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before you boil it (my choice) or stretch it (you did say it was real hard) I would measure the ID of em & the t bar hex OD (just for a quick reference to have the numberr at your fingertips as Mancini would have that info) so if it rips/tears/melts you can call them & have specs to present to them (& see if they will make it right). but I hope you can get em on right now
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Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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15 seconds in the microwave. Who woulda thought!
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Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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FWIW mine is a 1100 watt and i did them one at a time.
i also pushed them on in my living room which is carpeted. you will be hard pressed to slip them on by pushing down on the bar if the surface you are pushing on doesn't have any 'give'.
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Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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Actually the numbers can go either way (front or rear) but I like em in the rear so if there is ever a Q on what is in there I can read it from the rear hex socket
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Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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Actually the numbers can go either way (front or rear) but I like em in the rear so if there is ever a Q on what is in there I can read it from the rear hex socket True, but I have never removed s set of bars from a car that the factory installed with the numbers in the front.
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Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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I used a heat gun, being careful not to get too close, kept it moving in circles. Slipped right on. Get ready though. If you think that was hard, wait till you try to pop the lip of the big end around the receiver.
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Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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I used a heat gun, being careful not to get too close, kept it moving in circles. Slipped right on. Get ready though. If you think that was hard, wait till you try to pop the lip of the big end around the receiver. The seal end was easy with my Matco 90 degree pic. It slipped right on. These seal are not made out of the same stuff as OEM. They are thick and stiff. I had to install my torsion bar tool as a stop so I could push against the bar. I'm done now. What a pain.
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Re: Torsion bar dust seal installation.
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I used a heat gun, being careful not to get too close, kept it moving in circles. Slipped right on. Get ready though. If you think that was hard, wait till you try to pop the lip of the big end around the receiver. The seal end was easy with my Matco 90 degree pic. It slipped right on. These seal are not made out of the same stuff as OEM. They are thick and stiff. I had to install my torsion bar tool as a stop so I could push against the bar. I'm done now. What a pain. I think they are poly urethane. At least that's what they feel like.
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