Cranking Torsion Bars
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07-08-2005, 03:15 PM
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RE: Cranking Torsion Bars
Go to a dealership and ask them, and go to a reputable off road shop and ask them. Don't ask your neighbor Bob or Jethro at work or some guy you met at the parts store.
I have said it many times before. A major adjustment to the torsion bars ruins the suspension geometry which upsets the angles of the CV joints, ball joints and tie rod ends. The wear increases. How much is debateable. It also depends on driving habits.
A specifically designed "lift kit" uses drop bracketry and re indexed mouting points on steering knuckles to get around these problems.
It's Geometry/simple math. Any joint that is perfectly alligned will out last a joint at a severe angle. Drive shafts are another example. That's why people end up having to build custom shafts with an additional joint after a decent lift is installed or they do things like rotate axles or transfer cases or maybe get a slip yoke eliminator to decrease the angle.
People will post here saying, "Mine works great, I don't have any problems". Give it time. Ask ask those Chevy guys with older torsion bar trucks how theirs held up over the years with cranked bars. I know a couple, it isn't good.
Flame away...i can take it.
I have said it many times before. A major adjustment to the torsion bars ruins the suspension geometry which upsets the angles of the CV joints, ball joints and tie rod ends. The wear increases. How much is debateable. It also depends on driving habits.
A specifically designed "lift kit" uses drop bracketry and re indexed mouting points on steering knuckles to get around these problems.
It's Geometry/simple math. Any joint that is perfectly alligned will out last a joint at a severe angle. Drive shafts are another example. That's why people end up having to build custom shafts with an additional joint after a decent lift is installed or they do things like rotate axles or transfer cases or maybe get a slip yoke eliminator to decrease the angle.
People will post here saying, "Mine works great, I don't have any problems". Give it time. Ask ask those Chevy guys with older torsion bar trucks how theirs held up over the years with cranked bars. I know a couple, it isn't good.
Flame away...i can take it.
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07-08-2005, 08:31 PM
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RE: Cranking Torsion Bars
ORIGINAL: ce2flaco
Go to a dealership and ask them, and go to a reputable off road shop and ask them. Don't ask your neighbor Bob or Jethro at work or some guy you met at the parts store.
I have said it many times before. A major adjustment to the torsion bars ruins the suspension geometry which upsets the angles of the CV joints, ball joints and tie rod ends. The wear increases. How much is debateable. It also depends on driving habits.
A specifically designed "lift kit" uses drop bracketry and re indexed mouting points on steering knuckles to get around these problems.
It's Geometry/simple math. Any joint that is perfectly alligned will out last a joint at a severe angle. Drive shafts are another example. That's why people end up having to build custom shafts with an additional joint after a decent lift is installed or they do things like rotate axles or transfer cases or maybe get a slip yoke eliminator to decrease the angle.
People will post here saying, "Mine works great, I don't have any problems". Give it time. Ask ask those Chevy guys with older torsion bar trucks how theirs held up over the years with cranked bars. I know a couple, it isn't good.
Flame away...i can take it.
Go to a dealership and ask them, and go to a reputable off road shop and ask them. Don't ask your neighbor Bob or Jethro at work or some guy you met at the parts store.
I have said it many times before. A major adjustment to the torsion bars ruins the suspension geometry which upsets the angles of the CV joints, ball joints and tie rod ends. The wear increases. How much is debateable. It also depends on driving habits.
A specifically designed "lift kit" uses drop bracketry and re indexed mouting points on steering knuckles to get around these problems.
It's Geometry/simple math. Any joint that is perfectly alligned will out last a joint at a severe angle. Drive shafts are another example. That's why people end up having to build custom shafts with an additional joint after a decent lift is installed or they do things like rotate axles or transfer cases or maybe get a slip yoke eliminator to decrease the angle.
People will post here saying, "Mine works great, I don't have any problems". Give it time. Ask ask those Chevy guys with older torsion bar trucks how theirs held up over the years with cranked bars. I know a couple, it isn't good.
Flame away...i can take it.
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07-08-2005, 09:03 PM
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