 Is it possible to remove the torsion bars?, With the suspension on the car |
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| turnaround89 |
 Jul 5 2009, 02:52 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 671 Joined: 17-May 08 From: Rockford, Illinois Member No.: 9,067 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
This may be a really dumb question, but the front end of my car really need to be lowered and the adjusters are rusted stuck. Ive tried everything, penetrating oil for days on end, locking pliers, bolt out on a ratchet. the allen is rounded out as well which makes matters worse. I saw a picture of the torsion bar and adjuster out of an a arm, is it possible to pull the torsion bar and adjuster or should i just pull the whole a arm off to work on the adjuster part?
If i pull the a arm, i take it that means i need a front end alignment done, right? Heres the picture i saw, that made me wonder if the adjuster and torsion bar can come out with the a arm still attached to the car jmmotorsports = i hope you don't mind me using your picture for some help (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-6658-1246635808.jpg) |
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| turnaround89 |
Jul 6 2009, 10:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 671 Joined: 17-May 08 From: Rockford, Illinois Member No.: 9,067 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
The front suspension is early 72, so i don't have the wedge pin, its a bolt. Im pretty darn sure that the thing isn't wedged in there, the bolt makes its way through the other side and you can see the threads. Pulling the pass. side off it is a definite thread. Since the bolt wouldn't come out, we had to cut off the ball joint, spindle is ruined, however, there is a happy ending....I found a complete 87 911 SC front end thats gonna go on the car.
Instead of replacing one spindle, ball joints, shocks, tie rods, etc, ill upgrade to the 911 front end. |
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turnaround89 Is it possible to remove the torsion bars? Jul 5 2009, 02:52 PM
r_towle Well,
You cant get the adjuster cap out of the fro... Jul 5 2009, 03:13 PM SirAndy You can remove them with the a-arms still on the c... Jul 5 2009, 03:23 PM turnaround89 So i need the adjuster bolt out to remove the adju... Jul 5 2009, 03:28 PM SirAndy The bolts need to be out and the cap should just c... Jul 5 2009, 03:33 PM turnaround89 I cut the bolt head off and the adjuster screw won... Jul 5 2009, 05:09 PM jmill You can get the ball joint loose by spreading open... Jul 5 2009, 09:01 PM Dave_Darling The manuals for the 911 that uses the same wedge p... Jul 5 2009, 09:19 PM 914Sixer Did you soak all the suspension points with PB Bla... Jul 6 2009, 08:10 PM
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