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by blpogue
Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:30 pm
Forum: SUSPENSION
Topic: AWD Torsion Bar Question
Replies: 14
Views: 9448

Re: AWD Torsion Bar Question

Info update, spent the money and got the unloader tool. Should have done that in the first place, boy did it make it easier. I removed the bolts on the pork chops and ran a die over the threads and greased everything and put them back in. I could now turn them in farther and it raised the sagging fr...
by blpogue
Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:38 am
Forum: SUSPENSION
Topic: AWD Torsion Bar Question
Replies: 14
Views: 9448

Re: AWD Torsion Bar Question

Thanks for the tip, I think I will order the tool, as when I installed them all I had was a large bolt that I turned down in a lathe and floor jack to twist the pork chop. Thanks again, Billy
by blpogue
Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:49 am
Forum: SUSPENSION
Topic: AWD Torsion Bar Question
Replies: 14
Views: 9448

Re: AWD Torsion Bar Question

Thanks for the info, if I need to take it apart, then that's what I'll do. I might wait for a few more opinion's, just in case there is a better way. Thanks again, BP
by blpogue
Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:19 pm
Forum: SUSPENSION
Topic: AWD Torsion Bar Question
Replies: 14
Views: 9448

AWD Torsion Bar Question

Hi All, newbie here. I replaced my 1995 Astro AWD Torsion Bars last fall (when they both broke and my van was left unturnable). I got the new bars and porkchop keys from NAPA. They were the newer style (shorter) and had no problem putting them in but now the front end sits a lot lower than it did wi...