lower control arms

[junkpile]

I have a 69 dodge charger. recently put in new lower control arm bushings, ball joints and a set of torsion bars (not new). Adjusted the ride height to be at a factory height, drove the car thru the neighborhood car stayed up just fine. Drove 6 miles back to my home, the front end went down, not all the way to the bottom as if the adjustment screws were turned out but just low enough that the top of the tire is above the wheel opening. the adjustment bolt in all the way in on the drivers side (car will not come up) passenger side has about 3/4" left before it bottoms out. Can the key that raises the car slip on the shaft for the torsion bar? A friend said it could, but if that were the case wouldnt the car drop all the way down as if the adjuster bolts were not even turned in? I can lower the car so the Kframe is only a few inches off the ground but but it will not raise above a certain height. The car in the past has sat and stayed really high in the front but i like from gound to wheel opening to be about 25.75 to 26 inches the car is almost 2 inches lower and before it could go to 28" and hold. Anyone have any ideas? is the torsion bar adjustment key locked into a tab that controls the adjustment to to bar mount or is it press fit, in which case I would need to find new lower arms. Thanks for any help in advance.

 

[Budnicks]

Did you "clock the torsion bar & lower control arm on the side that is effected" differently than the the other side ??, possibly your a flat off from the other side & the torsion bars can't slip once they are in the lower control arm bushing & rear support... Or maybe I should say I haven't ever heard of that happening anyway... Were the bars good, with no cracks, or a gouges or any sharp edges to cause them to crack/fail ??... Is there any rust around the rear torsion bar support cross-member ??