Torsion Bar Adjustment - 62 Dart
- Thread starter RPMagoo
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You really have to measure it when you do it. Alot of variables there.
Mr. Mike
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When ever I did ride height adjustments I would put floor jacks under the framehorns to take weight off the adjusting screws.
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So you make torsion bar adjustments with the car on jack stands and wheels off the ground?
icetech
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wheels don't have to be off the ground, you just want to take weight off so you can turn the bolts.. if you turn them without lifting the car a bit you are turning that bolt with the cars whole weight on them which is.. hard.. and hard on the bolt.
I usually lift the car a bit.. adjust.. lower it.. bounce it.. roll it back and forth a few feet, re-measure.. a few times, drive it remeasure and adjust as needed. Never found a 1 and done kinda way..
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Considering the other threads on here about strips adjusters, breaking parts, bad hand injuries, I would not ever consider adjusting the front without lifting the car to take the weight off it. Whether you get the wheels completely off the ground or not is up to you.
Take your socket and with a marker draw a line on the side, orient the mark to the front and then use it to turn both adjusters an equal amount. I would try backing off 2 complete turns, lower the car to the ground, bounce the front and roll it back and forth a couple of feet and check your results. Then based on the 2 complete turns you can calculate how much more adjustment you need to make to get to where you want to be.
Take your socket and with a marker draw a line on the side, orient the mark to the front and then use it to turn both adjusters an equal amount. I would try backing off 2 complete turns, lower the car to the ground, bounce the front and roll it back and forth a couple of feet and check your results. Then based on the 2 complete turns you can calculate how much more adjustment you need to make to get to where you want to be.
Frank Mopar
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Can’t just bounce the car. You have to roll it back and forth as well as bounce it.
icetech
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true, fixed it
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