Torsion bar seals?

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Boy did I screw up!!

Putting the T bars back an tore an old, hard, stiff seal

Where? Part no?

I see Jegs has em for FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS!!!???

Should be a "5 dollar part."
 
Ulf (65dartcharger) has a pair here he listed today, believe the thread title is "Mopar parts"
 
Thanks you guys, got a pair coming, hopefully Fri/Sat.
 
LOL I was afraid you'd catch that. Had two browsers open and posted to the wrong one. Well, hell, I got the Dart all together except the T bars, all I have to do is set the toe, unless camber changed a whole bunch. Hope to get onto the disk changeover in a couple of months.
 
Here is an option if you don't mind poly, they are way cheaper:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Prothane-4-1701-BL-Black-Torsion-Dust/dp/B00387OVQ6/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"]Prothane 4-1701-BL Black Torsion Bar Dust Boot Kit : Amazon.com : Automotive[/ame]
 
I'm actually beginning to wonder how important the darn things really are. After all, I don't drive it much at all in the wet, and certainly not in what might be called "winter driving." The front socket isn't sealed, nor is the rear of the rear socket!!!
 
Del, I have those 6 dollar polyurethane units. IMO they are much better. I use them on my 1.0 inch bars. They were hard to get on, I boiled them and used silicon spray. The work fantastic. On the street for a year now, still look great.
 
I was going to say, "how the heck you get those poly's on?" But if you did it with some lube and heat, Im game. Anyone got some spare retainer clips laying around?
 
mopardude318 said:
Del, I have those 6 dollar polyurethane units. IMO they are much better. I use them on my 1.0 inch bars. They were hard to get on, I boiled them and used silicon spray. The work fantastic. On the street for a year now, still look great.
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No kiddin. When I looked at the photo, they didn't even look like they'd fit
 
boil like a poached egg?

I have the energy suspension ones and will b eputting them on soon. Got any addition pointers James?
 
Yea, boil them in hot boiling water like your gonna cook soup. LOL. Leave 'em in there for about 10 minutes till they get real soft, have the torsion bars right there with ya when ya take em out of the pot of water. Spray them immediately with CRC Heavy Duty Silicone Spray and slide them on the T-bars. This method works real good, there was no way I could do it without boiling them..Damn things are TOUGH!!
 

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First, I also had a SUPER easy method. First lube up a 1 1/4 socket, get a small piece of plastic to protect the end of the boot and make a vise sandwich

vise jaw - plastic - boot - socket(in large end) - vise jaw

Squeeze vise until the socket is in the hole, once in there, push that sucker onto the torsion bar, i was amazed at how easy this was to do. Another method was to force a smaller socket in first to start the stretch, and then push in the larger one after.

Have a question though, i got the polys on super easy, but now i cant get them to go over the torsion bar mounting point, any tips on making that work? Also, since the polys have no metal support inside, what holds them onto that spot?
 
I used a similar method with the rubber ones, actually used about three progressive larger sockets, using my hands and an extension in the socket for a better handle. Just kept pushing larger sockets in, then put the socket on the end of the T bar and pulled it right over.
 
Mine were tore when I reinstalled them, I dont plan on changing them again so they can just stay torn.
 
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