decided i'm gonna have a do at the torsion bar meself, anyone know wheres best place to get a slidin hammer, or is there something else i could use instead?
lowering....again.
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#2i'd personally get it done by a professional if you dont even know where to get a 'slidin hammer' from. -
#3Quote:Originally Posted by -R3Fu3LED-
i'd personally get it done by a professional if you dont even know where to get a 'slidin hammer' from.
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#4Very very rare that a slide hammer will work. Not worth attempting it with one unless you've got a very good 'industrial' sized one, even then with some torsion bars you'll run the risk of ripping out the threads in the end of the torsion bar before you actually get anywhere.
Theres much better and safer ways of getting the torsion bars out, but again on paper it doesnt look like a difficult job to do, but plenty of people have a crack and make a hash of it, probably half of the cars ive lowered have been ones where others have previously tried and failed and it can be more time consuming fixing the cock ups someone else has made than it would be to have done the whole lot straight away. -
#5yeah, when you read the guides it makes it seem quite straight forward, but i mean ive done engine conversions and the like but this will be the first time i'll have attempted torsion bars. what safer ways are there mate?Quote:Originally Posted by willsy
Very very rare that a slide hammer will work. Not worth attempting it with one unless you've got a very good 'industrial' sized one, even then with some torsion bars you'll run the risk of ripping out the threads in the end of the torsion bar before you actually get anywhere.
Theres much better and safer ways of getting the torsion bars out, but again on paper it doesnt look like a difficult job to do, but plenty of people have a crack and make a hash of it, probably half of the cars ive lowered have been ones where others have previously tried and failed and it can be more time consuming fixing the cock ups someone else has made than it would be to have done the whole lot straight away. -
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#6did you get my pm?!Quote:Originally Posted by willsy
Very very rare that a slide hammer will work. Not worth attempting it with one unless you've got a very good 'industrial' sized one, even then with some torsion bars you'll run the risk of ripping out the threads in the end of the torsion bar before you actually get anywhere.
Theres much better and safer ways of getting the torsion bars out, but again on paper it doesnt look like a difficult job to do, but plenty of people have a crack and make a hash of it, probably half of the cars ive lowered have been ones where others have previously tried and failed and it can be more time consuming fixing the cock ups someone else has made than it would be to have done the whole lot straight away.
Sent you one last week mate.
just get willsy to do it!Quote:Originally Posted by bobbyd
yeah, when you read the guides it makes it seem quite straight forward, but i mean ive done engine conversions and the like but this will be the first time i'll have attempted torsion bars. what safer ways are there mate? -
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#7get Willsy todo it .
or get someone around preston todo it there one in leyland i know of but cost alot £300 just for the torsion bar. -
#8did put an advert up for someone to come and do it but no replies.Quote:Originally Posted by crabzy
get Willsy todo it .
or get someone around preston todo it there one in leyland i know of but cost alot £300 just for the torsion bar. -
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#9just pm willsy, good reviews and cheap aswellQuote:Originally Posted by bobbyd
did put an advert up for someone to come and do it but no replies.
he's hopefully going to do mine over the xmas period if he ever replies to my pm haha
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#10yer ive no doubt his works good but he's miles away.Quote:Originally Posted by -R3Fu3LED-
just pm willsy, good reviews and cheap aswell
he's hopefully going to do mine over the xmas period if he ever replies to my pm haha -
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#1140mins down the motor way dont see the problemQuote:Originally Posted by bobbyd
yer ive no doubt his works good but he's miles away. -
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#12it takes me about an hour to get to him!Quote:Originally Posted by rorz_vts
40mins down the motor way dont see the problem
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#13Looking at more than that for me when i get round to itQuote:Originally Posted by -R3Fu3LED-
it takes me about an hour to get to him!
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#14yeah thats true.Quote:Originally Posted by rorz_vts
40mins down the motor way dont see the problem
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#15get some m8 thredded bar/ long bolt. slide that through a socket that is bigger than the torsion bar with a big washer to push against the socket and a smaller one to go underneeth the head of the bolt. give the torsion bars a bit of a wack with a hammer to 'shock' them, and screw the bolt in. this is the best way to get the bars out but it still come with its own problems like you could still pull the threads out so if its not moving keep hitting it with a hammer.
and iirc your suppose to remove the top torsion bar first.