Torsion bars will not budge !!!!!

1. davefurio Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 137 black saxo furio

   #1 4th May 2011, 21:05

   Can someone give us any advice on gettin these torsion bars out
2. carlsmith715 Established Member Joined: Nov 2010 manchester Posts: 2099 2000 1.6 furio

   #2 4th May 2011, 21:08

   i had this problem with mine and in the end i just gave up and since then i have been spraying them wd40 twice a day or maybe once
   hopeing to be able to move them next time i try haha
3. davefurio Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 137 black saxo furio

   #3 4th May 2011, 21:10

   Thts not help lol but thanks for givin me a reason to give up
4. carlsmith715 Established Member Joined: Nov 2010 manchester Posts: 2099 2000 1.6 furio

   #4 4th May 2011, 21:11

   sorry mate if i didnt help have you tryed looking on youtube at methods of how to do it i found some good guides on there but they didnt work for me
   
5. user_37194 Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 rotherham Posts: 1832 Be scirocco, full on 03plate track spec Saxo

   #5 4th May 2011, 21:13

   if you wont advice how to get them out start by telling us the method you been using thats failed you?
6. davefurio Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 137 black saxo furio

   #6 4th May 2011, 21:13

   Cheers bud will look nw
7. Dave_P Established Member Joined: Dec 2010 Aberdeen Posts: 2129 Race: 106 Rallye 16v. Road: Mercedes Vito 120 CDI

   #7 4th May 2011, 21:14

   Stop, hammer time!
   
   

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8. davefurio Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 137 black saxo furio

   #8 4th May 2011, 21:16

   Heated them used Ed 40 used a slide hammer, used a high tensile bolt packed up with a socket while doing this I also had a friend on the other side using a bar to hammer it through and it has not moves 1 little bit
9. carlsmith715 Established Member Joined: Nov 2010 manchester Posts: 2099 2000 1.6 furio

   #9 4th May 2011, 21:18

   have you removed the washers out of each end
10. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

    #10 4th May 2011, 21:28

    much huger hammer and an old torsion bar http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand...10/sd20/p77693
    
    one like this shifts them for me
11. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

    #11 4th May 2011, 21:52

    Bar and hammer wins very very quickly
    
    Slide hammer and socket methods are poor. Its as successful as Sex panther is with the ladies - 60% of the time, itll work everytime.

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12. carlsmith715 Established Member Joined: Nov 2010 manchester Posts: 2099 2000 1.6 furio

    #12 4th May 2011, 21:56

    i tryed thhe socket method at the same time as hitting it with a hammer and mine wouldnt move either
13. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

    #13 4th May 2011, 22:05

    try harder, do at least a couple each week and not had one beat us yet!
14. davefurio Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 137 black saxo furio

    #14 5th May 2011, 00:13

    We I have done it I built the f@£ker bck up
15. Ben_SaxoForte Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project

    #15 5th May 2011, 00:51

    ended up using a solid metal bar and hitting with a sledge hammer to get mine out took ages but did come out in the end lol
16. davefurio Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 137 black saxo furio

    #16 5th May 2011, 01:06

    Lol didn't even think about a sledge hammer but I will try tomorrow
17. Boothy_UK Banned Joined: Sep 2008 bastardville Posts: 860 a cunt for a eye

    #17 5th May 2011, 01:09

    Just KEEP wd-40ing / hammering! it will go!
18. Ben_SaxoForte Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project

    #18 5th May 2011, 01:28

    yeah that should do it just be carefull of the car moving if ur on axel stands though
19. ryza Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 ipswich Posts: 961 track saxo Daily beemer

    #19 10th May 2011, 18:36

    also if it's really seized the trailing arm might start to come off on the other side that your hittingf from. what i done was get a ratchet strap from one trailing arm to the other and it still stretched it about half an inch before the torsion bar came out. i used a 14lb sledge hammer and two 1/2 inch extension bars put together and a jack to hold the extension bar in the right place, i would of thought a old torsion bar would do a much better job tho
20. nut2010 Infrequent Poster Joined: Apr 2010 hudds Posts: 124 GOLD VT?

    #20 26th May 2011, 11:43

    Slide hammer