Torsion bar direction

Depends on which Just Suspension bars they are. Originally they were zero indexed, and had no markings as to which were left and right. It didn't matter until they were installed. The later ones I think were indexed, and those should be marked left and right. If you have the older non-indexed bars, there's no way to tell them apart if you didn't mark them. Unless you can figure out which sides were which based on any witness marks or scratches from headers, steering stuff, etc.

I think the idea that they'll break if mounted on the opposite side they were previously mounted on is overblown. Spring steel doesn't work harden like regular steel, if it did it wouldn't be very useful as a spring! I definitely think best practice is to maintain them on the same side as they've been run on, but unless the bars have sagged significantly (offsetting the hexes) in their previous direction I don't know that I'd stress out about it too much.

OK great, that'll help me sleep at night whenever I get another A-body to put them in lol. I don't think they were indexed, I got them in 2010 IIRC and I had them in my car for about 7-8 years so I don't think they had time to sag much. Good point about work hardening too, you're right that shouldn't be the case with proper-grade spring steel although I do think about new leaf springs settling in. I don't recall torsion bars ever doing that though, either the set in question or the 1.14" ones in my Duster now that have been in for the past 4-5 years.