Torsion Bar Crank....help
 

Hey guys. Now Im not all excitited to go ruining my cv's, balljoints, etc by cranking my torsion bars. I am just wondering, If I crank the torsion bars what problems can I expect to encounter after the fact? I know i will need an aligment, but what else will happen?

Also...What should I do to jack the back the few other inches?
thanks


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RE: Torsion Bar Crank....help
 

you can lessen the wear on the cv joints if you lower the front differential an inch or so if you cranked for 2--you can also grind down the droop stops a little on the a-arms to ease the topping out of the suspension, balljoints--upper balljoint can be flipped to the underside of the a-arm--that will save a bit of ball joint wear there---lower a arms there isnt much you can do other than getting a custom one made.....

anyone else?
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oh and for the rear either got with shackles or re-arched springs

RE: Torsion Bar Crank....help
 

How do you lower front diff ???And to flip the balljoint , just take it off and put it upside down right?

RE: Torsion Bar Crank....help
 

Curious myself as I have the same truck and wanna do the same. I only want a couple inches front and back with no major money invested( Daily Driver)

RE: Torsion Bar Crank....help
 

yea the front differential isnt lowerable----well not easily---im scrapping that idea for my truck and just doing a 2' BL for now (my bars are cranked about 1.5") theres just more notching, welding and relocating than im willing to do right now.

as for the balljoints, do a search for replacing ball joints---but when you put the new one in put it in from the underside instead of from the top.

good luck and keep me updated on any ideas---I'm game for trying a few things myself :D

RE: Torsion Bar Crank....help
 

I found a braket to lower the front diff once , but can't remember where I found them . Guess one could prob fabricate it

RE: Torsion Bar Crank....help
 

little off topic but I really like your hood. Where di you get it? i NEED one.

RE: Torsion Bar Crank....help
 

yea the only problem with lowering the front diff is that you would have to cut into the lower a-arm mount---and a few other suspension parts--not something im willing to do....yet:D


but if you can track down that bracket---im curious[8D]

RE: Torsion Bar Crank....help
 

I will try to find it for you . Give me a few days as I have alot going on around here , but I will try my best to find it again.