Re: Whooaah ! My front end dropped!?

[Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You do have it off the wheels when you are tightening the bars?
Unloaded, no weight on the bars?

   Jimmy

On 3/13/2012 4:52 PM, Eric R wrote:
> '62 Newport.  New steering and suspension.
>
> When I removed the torsion bars I thought I marked them and put them
> back into the lower control arms at the same location they came out.
> Maybe not?
>
> Today I put my wheels on and dropped the car down for the first time.
> Front end is low.  I can wiggle the back end of the t-bars.  So I
> tightened the adjusting bolt. The t-bars don't wiggle now, but the
> front end didn't raise.
>
> It feels like I might have bottomed out the t-bar adjusting bolts.  I
> had to spin them a lot to get the t-bars snug.  I can still turn them
> but there's quite a buit of pressure.  I don't want to strip them,
> unless it's the pressure of the car that's making them hard to turn.
>
> I have the t-bars with the adjusting bolt back by where they slide
> out.
>
> Do I have to take t-bars back out and turn them?  Which way?  If so,
> what's the easisest way?  I'd hat to have to break the upper or lower
> ball joints apart if I can just let the lower control sag or
> something.
>
> Or, fix how?
>
> It does look really cool with the front end so low though. lol.
>
> ... I guess I'll go fiddle around with my antenna so I can crank the
> AM oldies.
>
> Thanks

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