Torsion Bar Mounts

[George Blake]

Re: Torsion Bar Mounts

Turbotime has the "poorboy" coil over kit. Iliminate the crossmember altogether and get away from the almost 3 decade old design. The poorboy also allows the use of polybushings whereas the tubular designs need teflon bushings.Not trying to steal the thread. The torsion bar mount design that uses a bolt instead of a stud is a HUGE improvement. Back in the day, I remember the shop using a cutting torch to take about 1" out of the torsion bar crossmember to allow the mount with the studs to clear. I don't know what they were thinking to use a part that REQUIRES periodic replacement but you have to CUT the crossmember to do it with their original design....yes, I'm on board with "damn that was stupid".

 

[SikVSix]

Re: Torsion Bar Mounts

These ones? MOG-K6485

http://store.summitracing.com/partd...t=MOG-K6485&N=700+4294771139+115&autoview=sku

Wanted to update this thread I used to go buy my torsion bar mounts. I took this part number to my local O'Reilly's and they had it in stock. But the guy was nice enough to tell me they also stock Moog's lower line "MasterPro" or something like that. Same part, same part number, but half the price. We even opened up both boxes to make sure the cheaper one was the same... identical.

The Moog was $28.xx and the MasterPro was $13.xx
Just an FYI to help ya save a couple bucks.

Part # K-6485, and yes this is the one with a bolt instead of a stud. Ask for Moogs lower product line.

 

[TY0618]

Re: Torsion Bar Mounts

The way we do them at the dealership is cut the first three threads off. Just thread the nut on first, cut them, than remove the nut so it corrects the threads. Ive done this on my trucks, with success everytime!

 

[asmo]

Re: Torsion Bar Mounts

Did this last weekend, the passenger side is a pain in the ass. I finally ended up cutting the stud off with a grinder and lots of paitence. The new mounts fall into place and next time will only be a ten minute job. plus it got rid of 90% of suspension noise, klunks, etc.
Problem solvers for the win+ lifetime warrenty.

 

[Daveman2]

Re: Torsion Bar Mounts

Man those old mounts were smoked. Makes me glad I decided to buy coilovers. Nothing made me happier than taking that crossmember out and not putting it back in. :tup:

Yeah I had wanted to take those goddamned bars out for soooooooooooooooooo long!
It helped me truck a TON with nose-loading during cornering