Tip to installing new torsion keys
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RE: Tip to installing new torsion keys - 4/8/2008 1:48:43 PM
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WolfPack
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Would a torsion bar loader/unloader tool have done the job without the tweaked crossmember or the plate steel? I'm not entirely too sure what that tool looks like much less how exactly it works...I just remember reading that for safety that's the best thing.
Glad you got em in though!
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RE: Tip to installing new torsion keys - 4/8/2008 4:58:48 PM
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95_4door
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I'm honestly not sure. From what I've been told is the GM torsion bar tool is only a 5 ton 2 jaw puller.
I don't know if that is correct, but I just thought I would throw my experience out for others to maybe help them.
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RE: Tip to installing new torsion keys - 4/9/2008 9:44:23 PM
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a_tack
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quote:
ORIGINAL: 95_4door
I'm honestly not sure. From what I've been told is the GM torsion bar tool is only a 5 ton 2 jaw puller.
I don't know if that is correct, but I just thought I would throw my experience out for others to maybe help them.
It is not just a puller. There are actually two different loading/unloading tool styles you can get. One looks like a beefy C-Clamp:
And the others look like this:
the top one is a designated GM only part. The bottom two are rated to also work on Ford trucks.
Using a two jaw puller will do nothing more than damage your corssmember. You can use a C-clamp but it isnt very safe.
< Message edited by a_tack -- 4/9/2008 9:59:42 PM >
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RE: Tip to installing new torsion keys - 4/9/2008 9:51:28 PM
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WolfPack
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no pic on tool #2.
And how does the beefy c clamp help...dont you have to actually twist the bar to pre-load? Or what is involved?
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RE: Tip to installing new torsion keys - 4/9/2008 9:58:04 PM
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a_tack
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Here ya go... this should explain.....
You must first compress/load the bar with the beefy c-clamp thing. Then you remove the adjuster bolt/block. You then carefully unload the bar by unscrewing said torsion tool. To re-install you reverse that process...
< Message edited by a_tack -- 4/9/2008 10:05:41 PM >
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