 Can someone explain to me.., what it means to index torsion bars? |
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| mike_the_man |
 Jul 16 2004, 09:03 AM
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I like stuff!  Group: Members Posts: 1,338 Joined: 11-June 03 From: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Member No.: 809  |
I've heard this mentioned when lowering the front end, but I'm not real sure what it means. Do the torsion bar adjusting end caps have to be in the same spot (same number of splines) on each torsion bar? If not, and you start cranking on the adjuster till the ride height is even, would one bar be more pretensioned than the other? Does any of this make sense???
What's happening is that I lowered the front of the car, not a whole lot, and added the bump steer kit, but when I go over a bump, the front end feels light. It feels like I'm still getting some bump steer, or something. I'm not quite sure how best to describe it. I haven't had it aligned yet, so that could be part of the problem, but I want to make sure I have everything else set up right first, then get it aligned. Sorry for the long post, and thanks, |
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| Mueller |
Jul 16 2004, 09:47 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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rough description:
car up in air, looking at the drivers side from the front of the car, the a-arm should be pointing to the 4-5 o'clock position. Put the adjuster in the middle range... when you put the car back down on the ground, see if you like the ride hieght, if not, you can turn the bolt. If you run out of adjustment before obtaining the perfect ride height, you'll have to raise the car back up, pop off the adjusment cap and move it clockwise or counter-clockwise a few splines......it's a trail and error thing, unless there is documention that I do not know about (highly likely, LOL) |
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mike_the_man Can someone explain to me.. Jul 16 2004, 09:03 AM
! Indexing torsion bars is where you get the splines... Jul 16 2004, 09:04 AM mike_the_man So how do you index them? :confused:
I'm no... Jul 16 2004, 09:17 AM ! Trial and error mostly.....if you are talking abou... Jul 16 2004, 09:22 AM mike_the_man So as long as I get them close, I can use the adju... Jul 16 2004, 09:32 AM SLITS Indexing - interesting situation. Make a couple o... Jul 16 2004, 09:52 AM mike_the_man Bump steer is one thing that I more or less unders... Jul 16 2004, 10:03 AM SLITS More or less doesnt' really work - it is or is... Jul 16 2004, 10:20 AM mike_the_man Ya, lots of variables to look at. I'm going t... Jul 16 2004, 10:55 AM SLITS That would be a question for the "racers" in the c... Jul 16 2004, 11:23 AM Eric_Shea Too much worry'n goin here. Perform the facto... Jul 16 2004, 12:33 PM Dave_Darling Back to the first part of the original question--
... Jul 16 2004, 05:19 PM mike_the_man Hmmm, a loose U joint. You may be on to something... Jul 19 2004, 01:51 PM Eric_Shea Make sure your rack is bolted on tight as well. I... Jul 19 2004, 02:49 PM jporsche914 is it hard to lower the front end and put the rack... Jul 19 2004, 03:12 PM Jeffs9146 QUOTE
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