Rust in torsion bar mount? Stay away?
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06/25/10 01:24 PM
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I'm looking at an otherwise clean roadrunner to buy, that has rust in the torsion bar mount underneath the driver's side floor pan. The driver's side front floor also needs replacing obviously. I'm guessing water sat in this spot for a long time. Other than that, the car is 99% rust free.
I'm just concerned that to repair the torsion bar mount the entire thing would need to be removed and replaced?
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Re: Rust in torsion bar mount? Stay away?
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I'm looking at an otherwise clean roadrunner to buy, that has rust in the torsion bar mount underneath the driver's side floor pan. The driver's side front floor also needs replacing obviously. I'm guessing water sat in this spot for a long time. Other than that, the car is 99% rust free.
I'm just concerned that to repair the torsion bar mount the entire thing would need to be removed and replaced?
you can replace part of the T-bar crossmember. since you'll be replacing part of the floor that should make it easier.
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Re: Rust in torsion bar mount? Stay away?
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If going with a full front floor replacement, then swapping out torsion bar cross member is fairly easy. It is possible that there will be other rust, so look carefully.
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Re: Rust in torsion bar mount? Stay away?
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Auto Rust Technicians sells the repair parts for the T bar mount. Its not a real hard repair.
With both the tortion bar and transmission mount stresses put upon it I would not touch a A.R.T. cap for a T-bar crossmember. Do it right and replace it with a good used factory piece. 
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Re: Rust in torsion bar mount? Stay away?
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Auto Rust Technicians sells the repair parts for the T bar mount. Its not a real hard repair.
With both the tortion bar and transmission mount stresses put upon it I would not touch a A.R.T. cap for a T-bar crossmember. Do it right and replace it with a good used factory piece.
I believe the ART parts can be used as caps or complete replacements after removing the original. For complete replacement, the actual T bar mounts would be removed from the original and welded into the ART piece. From memory they ara as thick as or thicker than original. It would be worth a call to them to double check.
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Re: Rust in torsion bar mount? Stay away?
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if it is a 70 B ART doesnt even make a full T bar crossmember, only the horizontal side pieces with NO tabs to attach it to the rocker or flanges to attach the floor pan to. And they are called SAFE-T-CAPS for a reason, they are frame caps not replacement parts. Even if they did make a full piece why would anyone in their right mind replace the whole thing with a bent steel cap for more money ($249+s&h for the 2 pieces they do make) than a factory original stamped steel replacement could be had for?   yeah, that looks real sturdy  .
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Re: Rust in torsion bar mount? Stay away?
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There will be 5x more rust than what is visible once you start tearing into it.
Not necessarily, not in this side of the country.
East of the Divide and up your way, yes.
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