Re: {Chrysler 300} Torsion Bars

Don Verity said it all, but I can add a personal experience. I bought a '57 Plymouth in 1959. The rear anchors did not have boots and they were filled with debris. Did not try to seal them with some sort of boot, but cleaned out all the debris and kept them clean on a regular basis. Neither ever broke. Had a '60 Plymouth which of course had the boots.

Of course, one headlight brow was rusting shortly after getting the car.. Thoroughly cleaned out all the caked in mud on both fenders and painted the inside of each with Rustoleum primer and then enamel. Kept both free of debris by blowing out with compressed air regularly. The good one never rusted out. The other required minor repair a couple of times even with the coating inside.

Don Warnaar

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Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} Torsion Bars

When the 57's came out they had no boot on the cross member end, so debris would get in there and rust out the bar, especially in the snow belt states. 58 put a boot in and you greased the ends also. Myself, I've never had one break

Don

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