I think it was more of a late 50’s problem then later 60’s. No doubt was a better metal material
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 18, 2022, at 12:23 PM, Ronald Klinczar <rjklinczar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am a Civil Engineer, and I believe it is a combination of material defects and/or fatigue. Fatigue occurs when the bar is loaded and unloaded a number of times, such as when you bend a piece of aluminum back and forth many times until it breaks. If the material is defective at a certain location, it will break in fewer fatigue cycles. Since I live in Southern California I don't have to deal with corrosion that much. I did have a '71 Charger from Michigan that had rusted out driver floorboard. The I had to rest my heel on the torsion bar through the carpet to drive it.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding the early T Bar cars had a material and/or heat treat problem. I think my '63 was a fluke.
They seemed to break while sitting.
It wasn't a corrosion issue, but the A Body cars often tore the rear T Bar anchor out due to corrosion. I had a '71 Dart "winter car" do that to me. Jacked it up and stuffed a short hunk of 2x4 between the lower control arm and the body so I could get to work that day.
John
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