Can the torsion bar go in wrong?

[67RTblue]

Wow I honestly had no idea of the risk of adjusting with weight on. Did my dad’s car a couple times.
30yr auto body guy. NOTED!

 

[chrger1967]

Why do you need to pull the t-bar ??? Just let the LCA drop down and the nut will come out. From the looks of all the crud it may need a tap with a hammer but that should do it. No need to pull the t-bar.


And the ONLY way a t-bar can go in wrong is if its on the wrong side. Front to back doersn't matter. They are stamped L and R on the ends.

Wow I honestly had no idea of the risk of adjusting with weight on. Did my dad’s car a couple times.
30yr auto body guy. NOTED!

I’ve been seeing some guys adjusting the torsion bars with jack stands under the lower control arms. Isn’t that’s the same as having the weight on them?

 

[OneWheelPeel]

The scar has healed but first thing in the morning I can only close it about half way. I was told it could take up to a year to get back to normal.

Not nearly as gnarly as what happened to you but a long time ago a defective cutoff wheel went thru the skin on my knuckle to the bone. I didn’t have insurance so I butterfly’d it closed myself. For the longest time, like a year or so, it was stiff, especially in the morning. There is still a tiny scar but it took forever to feel normal, don’t want to think about my hand opening up like yours.