Interesting experience from long ago. I grew up a ford guy since parents always used them-and remember my first experience with a MoPar. I was in front yard and late 50's Plymouth came down the street and stopped in front of house due to broken torsion bar from bump a block away. Car was near dragging bumper on street and had to be towed away. Not a good introduction to MoPars!! If I hadn't married a gal whose father was MoPar parts man would probably still be doing fords.. Scary! -----Original Message----- From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Grady jkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 7:58 AM To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Chrysler300] Burt’s Comments/ 57 Torsion bars One of the things Burt spoke of at Keith’s home, was the suddenly discovered stress corrosion of 57 torsion bars at the end sockets . I know of this first hand , as going around a rotary ( Massachusetts bad idea) at very high speed as a passenger “ up on two wheels type thing “ in 1960 , in a 57 plymouth the highly loaded one snapped , putting 4 of us into guardrail . Totalled the car . Had same thing happen to me in a 51 ford at same place , ( steering box tabs broke off box at frame bolts in those ) — maybe it was just me at 17. Or debugging designs! Burt described packing them with heavy grease when they found this out ( a line of corrosion encircles the bar at the mouth of the hex socket , due to salt rust etc . ) That raises stress , like a notch leading to failure . Being a spring in essence , the steel skin is highly stressed there. I loved how he calmly described this . Failure in engineering in new designs happens , somewhat normal , life testing 3x expected use is the only way to find obscure things — but spraying it with salt probably not part of it , that year. Bet it is now. We forget that “ torsion aire “ ride was a major suspension and engineering innovation , a part of the 57 cars .. lots of new parts never used before . I am working on a 57 dodge , and I know later years ?58 59 May have rubber boots for this , 60 does . Is it at both ends of bar ? When did boots start ? Do they fit 57 ? Because I never saw a failed one , seeking info on this . Bad surprise awaits if not addressed , and the older the car more likely to happen . Pack with heavy grease at least . Bar interchange ?? When it snaps wheel goes way up into fender hits upper stop , iF in a curve at high speed can lose control . Good thing to bang around , prompted by the meeting with Burt . Thank you Burt ! Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------------ Posted by: John Grady <jkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/all/manage/edit For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------ Posted by: "Terry & Andree Hoeman" <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/all/manage/edit For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/