Passenger Side Torsion Bar Too Long
Thanks for the replies. My torsion bars have the numbers cast into the ends in addition to the letters L and R; 890 for the right and 891 for the left. I also installed the bars so the same casting numbers were to the rear. You can see in the picture in addition to the P/N, the letters BAX are cast into the end of the bar. I put these to the rear of the car. I did try swapping the right-hand bar to the left-hand side and had similar results, the bar covers the groove for the snap ring.
I inspected the socket for the LCA and found no burs. I also rounded the edges of the bar to be sure there were no hard edges that could cause the dimensional difference. There were no burs and the rounding did not help. I made sure the rod was bottoming in the socket by measuring the depth of the socket (31 mm), installing the torsion bar and marking the depth on the bar, and measuring the distance from the mark, to the end of the bar (31 mm). So I'm confident the bar is going in the full distance. I don't believe the bar is bent as the bar slides fairly easily through each of the sockets. I need only top the end of the bar to install it in the socket.
I attached the pictures of the left-hand and right-hand bars installed. You can see the left-hand bar is close to what 72bluNblu had on his torsion bars. It's just that the right-hand side isn't that deep.
I've seen posts in other threads that mention grinding the end of the torsion bar the needed amount to get the needed clearance. Is that something that would work? I would likely take it from the socket end to keep the snap ring end true so the snap ring would still function correctly.
Thanks for the replies. My torsion bars have the numbers cast into the ends in addition to the letters L and R; 890 for the right and 891 for the left. I also installed the bars so the same casting numbers were to the rear. You can see in the picture in addition to the P/N, the letters BAX are cast into the end of the bar. I put these to the rear of the car. I did try swapping the right-hand bar to the left-hand side and had similar results, the bar covers the groove for the snap ring.
I inspected the socket for the LCA and found no burs. I also rounded the edges of the bar to be sure there were no hard edges that could cause the dimensional difference. There were no burs and the rounding did not help. I made sure the rod was bottoming in the socket by measuring the depth of the socket (31 mm), installing the torsion bar and marking the depth on the bar, and measuring the distance from the mark, to the end of the bar (31 mm). So I'm confident the bar is going in the full distance. I don't believe the bar is bent as the bar slides fairly easily through each of the sockets. I need only top the end of the bar to install it in the socket.
I attached the pictures of the left-hand and right-hand bars installed. You can see the left-hand bar is close to what 72bluNblu had on his torsion bars. It's just that the right-hand side isn't that deep.
I've seen posts in other threads that mention grinding the end of the torsion bar the needed amount to get the needed clearance. Is that something that would work? I would likely take it from the socket end to keep the snap ring end true so the snap ring would still function correctly.
