Clanking on drivers side over speed bump
Working on a 65 Barracuda for my daughter and the front left side I keep hearing a clank .
I'm new to these cars and looked under and saw no springs . Read aliitle about the torsion bars and how they work . Off hand can one of you veterans explain how to to adjust the torsion bars? I would like to lower the front two inches add stiffer shocks and add torsion bars . My daughter s very competitive and needs this car to be able to hug the road . Later add front disc .any help is appreciated and Thanks Bud
Clanking over bumps could be a lot of things. Worn out bushing, blown shock, the LCA bottoming on the frame, wiped out ball joint, the LCA pivot wallowing around in a broken mount on the K frame, etc, etc. Minor to seriously ugly and everything in between. And loose anything. I had a clank in my Challenger's suspension when I drove it home from buying it, turned out someone hadn't even bolted the bottom of the shock into the LCA. #-o
The torsion bars are adjusted with a bolt that goes up into the LCA from the bottom. You adjust it with weight off of the suspension.
BUT, you won't be able to lower the car that much with the stock bars without constantly bottoming out the suspension. These cars were ridiculously undersprung from the factory. If you want to lower the car that much, you'll need bigger torsion bars (1"+), way better shocks, and a new alignment to go with it. The alignment changes as you lower the car, and to lower it that much you may need to install Moog offset UCA bushings (#7103) to get enough caster back into your alignment.
Find the clank first! If the suspension is still original, more than likely you'll need to fully rebuild the front end before everything is said and done.
There are a ton of "how to make my mopar handle" threads on here, and lots of good info. A little less for the early cars, but its still there. Find the clank, do some reading, come up with a plan. Good luck! :thumbup:
