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hotrodder13
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putting torsion bar in place

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i started to rebuld my front suspesion on the project minor, what is the easier way to get the torsion bar in place and get the eyebolt thing in place, i seem to have misplaced my manual,

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Re: putting torsion bar in place

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I'm sure I remember seeing a link to a downloadable manual once---someone may have it?

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Re: putting torsion bar in place

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i did hav it but misplaced it :-?
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Re: putting torsion bar in place

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There really isn't any great difficulty in fitting the T bar - just compare with the other car! The eye-bolt fits to the T bar via the steel bush and through rod which passes through the (hopefully) polly bushes. Be sure to space the eyebolt out slightly to get some negative camber.......
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Re: putting torsion bar in place

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yeah i have poly bushs, i have the spacer that come with it should i put another one on ?

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Re: putting torsion bar in place

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To eliminate +ve camber - yes. But of course you must measure it - not just act blindly.
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Re: putting torsion bar in place

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If the front chassis legs have had work done on them, it has been known to take the form of welding a channel section over the original box section, making it wider, this can also change things.

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Re: putting torsion bar in place

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they were both replaced :-? but the suspension has already been on the car
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Re: putting torsion bar in place

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Replacing isn't the issue, it's when they are repaired by putting more metal over the old chassis leg, rather than renewing.

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Re: putting torsion bar in place

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oh well this had everything new,,, every panel changed with heritage panels in 1990 haha :D my gearbox has just died on this moggy so cant finish the suspension as planned
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