66fish2
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i messed up and installed the torsion bar marked R on the drivers side do i need to pull it out and do over?
Absolutely, hence the R & Li messed up and installed the torsion bar marked R on the drivers side do i need to pull it out and do over?
Absolutely, hence the R & L
thank you! i appreciate your knowledge and timeBars have a specific twist built into them for left and right. Installing them on the wrong sides will cause premature failure. (The bars will snap)
Depends on whether you standing in front of the car facing the car or sitting in the driver's seat???Just for ***** and giggles. Do you know which side of your car is considered the right side and the left side? Not trying to insult but some people do have it wrong.
Depends on whether you standing in front of the car facing the car or sitting in the driver's seat???
Yes, you are correct but sometimes the young, wet behind the ears, parts guys doesn't know that. So you can say driver's side or passenger's side.Is this posted in the joke section? I'm so confused......
When it comes to auto parts, the sides are determined by the position of the driver in the vehicle, facing forward. Meaning, looking over the hood, and sitting in the driver's seat, your left hand is the left side, your right hand is the right side.
You can install them on the wrong sides as long as you put them in backwards .
That was a joke.
Good grief.
All factory torsion bars and most aftermarket torsion bars have a right and a left. That is because hex ends of the torsion bar are offset from each other, the points and flats are not aligned. Factory bars carry a 20 degree offset. That offset or clocking is used to set the angle of the lower control arm relative to the bar, which determines ride height.
Now, for the bad information. Torsion bars are not “pre-stressed” in any direction. If the bar is new it has not been “stressed” in any direction and installing it on the wrong side will not cause the bar to snap. It will screw up your ride height adjustment, possibly to the point that a normal ride height can’t be achieved, because of the clocking on the bar.
If a torsion bar has been installed and run on the car, it has been twisted in a certain direction and should always be used on that side of the car in the future.
Aftermarket torsion bars are not always offset or clocked. Larger torsion bars frequently use zero offset, and some of those bars are not marked R or L. When new they can be installed on either side, it doesn’t matter. Once run on the car they should stay on that side. Those folks that ran the older style zero offset PST 1.03’s received instructions saying exactly that.
No sir, 100% incorrect.