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oh god its a long one. first take the caps off the ends of the beem were the bar gose in and give them a good spray with wd40 cos some times there hard to get out i would do that and leave it a bit to soak in. what year is the car?
snap! they mite be hard to get out so give them a good spray. there is a reno tool for the job i think but i used a long bolt and nut and a large socket the bolt must be the same size thread as the torsion bar thread. first put the nut on and screwing it up to the bolt head and put the nut through the socket them screw into the torsion bar as you scrw the nut to the socket the bolt will pull out the torsion bar. are you with me so far?
ha ha. well when you get it out its a long bar with splines on each end also its marked red and yellow ( if i remember correctly) drivers side and the other side torsion bar is yellow and red passagers side. (you should give them a good clean wile there out to and greass them up in case you want to do it again another time) next jack up the rear arm to the hight you wantand try and slide the bar back in you mite not get it strate in you mite have to more the rear arm up and down a bit until it slides in ( its best to do one side at a time) then do the same on the other side. easy but hard to explaine.
and put the nut through the socket then screw into the torsion bar as you scrw the nut to the socket the bolt will pull out the torsion bar. are you with me so far?
other than than it seems tip top.
just took the covers off and sprayed them with plus gas. condition wise they look nice and clean in there!
do you mean something like this with the socket or am i barking up the wrong tree
there is a hole in the end of the torsion bar witch is threded. you have to screw the nut onto the bolt right to the head of the bolt then put the bolt through the socket and screw it into the torsio bar end and as you slacken the nut off the bolt it will pull through the socket and also pull the torsion bar out. bit like a corke screw affect. are you with me now?
only if the above is correct, so im right in saying your using a normal socket as leverage against the nut connected to the bolt to force it out? yeah?
so the above sketch applies?? althou it sounds like your putting the bolt throu the other end of the socket.
and its only the one under the cap?? as i noticed theres 2 bars running from one side to the other. and they all slot into a bracket thing in the middle, right??