Torsion bar help

  1. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 Wigan Posts: 2820 Citroen C2 Rthym Soon to be VT* upgrade.
    #1
    im totaly confused i attempted to lower the back end myself i undid the little bolt and took the rubber grommet out and thats as far as i got tht funny shaped plate just wudnt move to allow me access to the torsion bar. any ideas ? i could take pics if needed to explain.Thanks

    Gaz
  2. West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL
    #2
    do you mean the anti roll bar end plate?

    you need to pull it off with a slide hammer then you can get to the bars
  3. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 Wigan Posts: 2820 Citroen C2 Rthym Soon to be VT* upgrade.
    #3
    No idea what a slide hammer is lol , and yh its tht daft plate any other way of removing it?
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 Wigan Posts: 2820 Citroen C2 Rthym Soon to be VT* upgrade.
    #4
    guides on here just tell you how to remove the bar itselfs its hard enough trying get to the f***ers unless ive missed a thread with a descent guide on
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2007 Reading Posts: 8980 French tin can
    #5
    To gain access to the end of one of the torsion bars, you will need to remove one of the anti-roll bar end plates. However, when taking into consideration the easiest directions to withdraw both torsion bars, it will be best to remove or rotate both end plates.

    The end plates come free from the anti-roll bar with a little elbow grease. You will find it easiest if you start with the near side end plate, as this will have a hole in the middle which will allow you to attach a bolt straight into the anti-roll bar, and pulling it outward will automatically remove the end plate from the other side. However, you can miss all of this out, if you can manage to slip the likes of a screwdriver behind the end plate and gently easy it off the anti-roll bar. Once you've done this, you can then just rotate the anti-roll bar, moving the end plates away from blocking the access to the torsion bar bolts.
  6. Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2006 audenshaw manchester Posts: 672 fiesta st and saxo vtr
    #6
    the guide in the max power haynes manual too helps