Torsion bars

25th August 2007, 13:10

i know you have probably been asked hundreds of times but......

my car is lowered 40mm on front but not on the back yet...
the problem is no garage will touch my torsion bar, so does anyone know where to take it to get torsion bar adjusted in the area of Coventry, or surrounding areas?? and maybe prices too??

thanx

25th August 2007, 13:20

Dont know a location but will be about £60-£80 to get the back done..

25th August 2007, 13:25

seems a reasonable price

was reccomended to go to citroen or peugeot but will probably cost a bomb.

25th August 2007, 13:29

you will never know until you ask them

25th August 2007, 13:33

Do it yourself. You don't need any special tools... You'd probably do a much better job too. There's plenty of info on this forum chap!

25th August 2007, 13:35

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Originally Posted by Toad

Do it yourself. You don't need any special tools... You'd probably do a much better job too. There's plenty of info on this forum chap!

i will get looking into it

25th August 2007, 13:40

nothing round this area really mate, can go northampton to jamsport they'll do it, or pug1off in brackley.

or if you have some knowledge on cars, do it yourself.

25th August 2007, 16:41

pug1off mate.

25th August 2007, 16:47

spooxcomponents

in leicester, not that far from coventry though... charge 130.

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pug1off mate.

off topic, but 2000 for an engine transplant (vts) is abit steep is'nt it ? from pug1off.

25th August 2007, 16:48

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Originally Posted by gartrell

spooxcomponents

in leicester, not that far from coventry though... charge 130.

off topic, but 2000 for an engine transplant (vts) is abit steep is'nt it ? from pug1off.

spoox are cowboys mate

25th August 2007, 16:53

if you are local to leicester as mentioned in the above post talk to jpsaxo. they will do your back end for £75, they are the mutts nutts as well! send him a PM.

25th August 2007, 17:02

do it yourself its quite easy, only hard part is if it jammed and needs a good wack

25th August 2007, 18:54

Getting to the bars isn't too hard its getting the fookers out!

Don't even ask me about my old car..... im probably going to have to attempt to do it on my new VTR aswell DOH

26th August 2007, 18:52

Well thank you its all be very useful reading bout the torsion bar, i was thinking of attempting it myself,but aint really mechanical minded,but as you say its fairly simple to do i will give it a shot
cheers all

26th August 2007, 18:56

i found this on the net,it contains all you need to know bout adjusting torsion bar,,
hope its helpful

How to Lower your Citroen Saxo, Citroen AX or Peugeot 106

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The car in the guide is a Citroen Saxo, but you can also use this to lower you Citroen AX (or even a Peugeot 106) because they all share the same platform...

1: Disconnect the dampers from the suspension arm (on the left and right side)

2: Remove Torx T40 bolt.

3: Remove washer, and if your car is older than a few years, the chance that the torsion bar is stuck, is pretty big!. Spray a lot of WD40 on the torsion bar, multiple times!

4: Righthand side: Remove Torx bolt T40. For easy of removal, first loosen the brakeline with size 13, so you gain some more space (5)
Measure the distance from bottom of car to the marking on the suspension arm. Normally this will be 25cm.
Pull out the torsion bar with a M 8 bout of about 60 mm in length. You can use a washer and a piece of tube to easily remove the bar.
The torsion bar is out...and the left suspension arm has free movement! Person #2 hold the suspension arm on the desired height. (for 4cm lowring that will be 21cm!). The arm will be rotated about 2 theeth! Hit the torsion bar back... Be carefull not to kill the teeth of the torsion bar! Put the washer back, tighten the Torx T40 bolt, and fasten the damper again.
We are halfway there... Now lowering the right hand side. Before we can remove the Torx T40 bolt from the torsion bar, we first have to remove plate 6. Also remove the T40 bolt on the lefthandside of the car. Then we can pull the torsionbar out with a M8 bolt and a tube...

Measure the same distance between bottom of car and the marking on the suspension arm and put the torsion bar back. Connect everthing again.

The result...

Credits to this guide belongs to some one else... Found it somewhere on the internet, but can not remember where! If you know where it came from, drop me an E-mail!

If you want different (stiffer) suspension you can have a look at the following pictures. They are from a Citroen AX.

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26th August 2007, 18:58

if you want pics to the previous statement i think its suzukituning.com

26th August 2007, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Berg

was reccomended to go to citroen or peugeot but will probably cost a bomb.

You'll find that Peugeot and Citroen garages won't lower the torsion bar. Something to do with their insurance or something

26th August 2007, 20:50

i followed the instructions on suzukituning.com and it helped me loads, if you got the tools save your self some money, sure you get a mate to give you hand.

27th August 2007, 16:48

how much does each turn on the torsion bar lower it, for example is 1 knotch 25mm?? can someone help.
i am going to attempt to drop the backend, but still unsure how much to lower can someone give me advice on the rear and also recomend some front lowering kits or will i neeed to chang springs and dampers on the front??

27th August 2007, 17:53

im Sooo tempted to have a bash at this ive had a look and theres not a bit of rust on my 2003 VTR, Is there anything major I can cock up, im very michanicaly minded, just not very confident haha

27th August 2007, 18:18

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Originally Posted by CharlieBoy

how much does each turn on the torsion bar lower it, for example is 1 knotch 25mm?? can someone help.
i am going to attempt to drop the backend, but still unsure how much to lower can someone give me advice on the rear and also recomend some front lowering kits or will i neeed to chang springs and dampers on the front??

You lower the rear like the instructions above! Get knotches out of your head, as you simply position the trailing arm at the desired height, and then fit the torsion bar back, locking the arm into position.

27th August 2007, 19:37

Just go pug1off tbh mate, you know they'll do a good job and they bend the pas feed out the way too.

its 170 for front springs (supplied by yourself) fitted and torsion bar, pricey yes, but you know your getting a good job

jamsport in northampton do it for 145 but they say they dont know anything about the pas feed rubbing on mk2 saxo's, but you can always do it yourself.

28th August 2007, 18:16

i already have the front springs fitted just the torsion bar to do....
may give it a go with the info provided above...know a couple of people mechanicly minded

28th August 2007, 18:23

well they would probably do it for half those prices then ! ok, fair enough, dont muck it up though.

28th August 2007, 19:26

thanks guys, i found a good place to get it done by me
(CARPERFORMANCEUK),Gonna cost me 130 and need to supply own springs,or 200ish if he supplies them. good deal i think,and as stated aleast im gettin them done by someone who knows what there doing.

Hey guys im gonna get some 16's for me saxo,do i need to modify anything to put bigger wheels on???
this will be my first saxo project,but its goon be the NUTTS!!!
will try and get some pics on here of progress,
i want a rear spoiler with twin pipes,wat ya recomend??

29th August 2007, 16:32

i recommend making your own thread and asking, no ones really gonna notice your question in some ones else's thread, except me.