Torsion Bar Removal
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12/30/14 08:27 PM
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Big Bad Bee
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How do you do it without a T Bar removal tool? I've heard you don't want to score the bars. Is there a nifty trick? Mine MAY just pop out because the car hasn't had weight on it since the whole front was rebuilt.
I’m listening.
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Re: Torsion Bar Removal
[Re: Big Bad Bee]
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12/30/14 08:34 PM
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MR_P_BODY
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Spray them down good for a couple of days... give them a couple of hard whacks from the rear with a drift and BFH... then you should be able to slide them out
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Re: Torsion Bar Removal
[Re: Cab_Burge]
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MR_P_BODY
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Shocking them from the rear is just to break them free, they still have to come out the rear after the snap ring is removed EDIT I made up a 2" round alum block with the center bored thru the dia of the bars then slit it in half length wise .. drilled and tapped 2 holes and clamped it on the bar so I could hit the alum.. worked great
Last edited by MR_P_BODY; 12/30/14 09:24 PM.
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Re: Torsion Bar Removal
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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12/30/14 10:05 PM
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Chad Bittle
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EDIT I made up a 2" round alum block with the center bored thru the dia of the bars then slit it in half length wise .. drilled and tapped 2 holes and clamped it on the bar so I could hit the alum.. worked great
that's freakin' genius. I'll use that the day I have to do this job. I know the day is coming lol
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Re: Torsion Bar Removal
[Re: Chad Bittle]
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12/30/14 10:25 PM
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DaveRS23
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I've always just used a couple of 1" rope clamps. Doesn't hurt the bars and gives a good surface for the hammer.
Master, again and still
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Re: Torsion Bar Removal
[Re: Sixpak]
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12/31/14 12:21 AM
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I usually pop the t bar clip, undo the LCA strut and the LCA pin nut, THEN I back off the torsion bar adjuster and use a pickle fork between the K frame and LCA and pry the LCA backwards. Never had one stuck yet. No special clamps or tools needed.
x2 but I just use a big pry bar.
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Re: Torsion Bar Removal
[Re: Sixpak]
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12/31/14 12:39 AM
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I usually pop the t bar clip, undo the LCA strut and the LCA pin nut, THEN I back off the torsion bar adjuster and use a pickle fork between the K frame and LCA and pry the LCA backwards. Never had one stuck yet. No special clamps or tools needed.
I DO THE SAME BUT USE A PRY BAR
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Re: Torsion Bar Removal
[Re: Big Bad Bee]
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01/01/15 02:17 AM
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How do you do it without a T Bar removal tool? I've heard you don't want to score the bars. Is there a nifty trick? Mine MAY just pop out because the car hasn't had weight on it since the whole front was rebuilt.
As has been said, loosening the lca pin nut and knocking the pin free from the Kframe should unload any residual torsion from the bushing. The pickle fork works but so does any pry bar you can fit in there. You can back the nut off to the end of the pin and knock/pry the lca until the nut catches it if you need to, that's usually far enough to free the rear hex from the socket. Before I resort to that I usually just grab the stubborn bar just behind the lca socket, press on the socket with my thumb and whack on the bar with a soft mallet. It actually works a lot of the time. You may have to beat on it a while but you can feel the progress once it starts to move I've thought it would be nice if Chrysler had drilled/tapped a hole in the end of the bar so you could get ahold of it from behind with a slide hammer (or even claw hammer) and just pull on the thing. I've never tried drilling such a hole but I expect you'd need a carbide bit and perhaps a drill press. Even then, tapping might be impossible once the bar is heat treated. I took a bar to a heat treater for hardness testing and it measured at around Rockwell 45. That's over 200,000psi, closely matching a number I came up with based on vehicle weight and bar dimensions.
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Re: Torsion Bar Removal
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01/01/15 11:06 AM
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If you have some scrap aluminum plate 3/8 or thicker laying around, two pieces about three by four inch with four holes drilled in them in about a 2x3 pattern will work. clamp the plates around the T bar so the long side is the place to hit, torque with an air wrench till the plates bend, hit with a BFH. No need for anything but removing the retaining ring. It might slide a bit on the T bar, so retorquing might be needed. this works on about any stuck T bar. The plates will twist on the T bar, but it helps them bite more.
Last edited by gregsdart; 01/01/15 11:10 AM.
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