Torsion bars installed incorrectly?
:withstup:
So I'm a complete noob and I've been slowly working on my first project, a 73 Dart Swinger. Pulled the motor and noticed k-member was blown out where torsion bars plug in. I got a new one from a fellow FABO member, plugged it in, reinstalled new rebuilt 360 and thought everything was good. I finally got my tires and wheels in, lowered the car for the first time since motor was out, and it just kept going... until it bottomed out on the jack. After doing a bit of research on the site, I saw people mentioning jacking up the car and adjusting the torsion bars. After doing so (and what felt like I bottomed out the adjustment bolt), I looked at the control arm and saw this (pictured). Looks like an arm (from the torsion bar?) is way up to where the bolt does seem to seat properly. Is it supposed to be look like that? When reinstalling, I noticed the control arms needed to be in a certain position while plugging in the hex side of the torsion bars and everything looked and went together correctly. But dropping with what seems like ZERO tension/spring rate leads me to believe maybe I'm short one turn/twist of the control arm. If this is the case, is there a way to correct without pulling the motor (again), k-member, etc? Or is it just as simple as replacing/rotating the arms? I can get more pics if needed. Thanks in advance for the help!!
:withstup:
So I'm a complete noob and I've been slowly working on my first project, a 73 Dart Swinger. Pulled the motor and noticed k-member was blown out where torsion bars plug in. I got a new one from a fellow FABO member, plugged it in, reinstalled new rebuilt 360 and thought everything was good. I finally got my tires and wheels in, lowered the car for the first time since motor was out, and it just kept going... until it bottomed out on the jack. After doing a bit of research on the site, I saw people mentioning jacking up the car and adjusting the torsion bars. After doing so (and what felt like I bottomed out the adjustment bolt), I looked at the control arm and saw this (pictured). Looks like an arm (from the torsion bar?) is way up to where the bolt does seem to seat properly. Is it supposed to be look like that? When reinstalling, I noticed the control arms needed to be in a certain position while plugging in the hex side of the torsion bars and everything looked and went together correctly. But dropping with what seems like ZERO tension/spring rate leads me to believe maybe I'm short one turn/twist of the control arm. If this is the case, is there a way to correct without pulling the motor (again), k-member, etc? Or is it just as simple as replacing/rotating the arms? I can get more pics if needed. Thanks in advance for the help!!
