Holy torsion bars...

[Puke'n Yuke'n]

.... for real. **** these things! LOL. whAt a PITA. I mean, I realize my truck is a 2001 and everything is friggin FUSED together after all those years of ****** Illinois winters, but DAMN.... 4 corners to lower and I only have 1 corner disassembled.

 

[Nickleahy23]

pb blaster and a 3 lb mallet are your friend lol

 

[Gzes]

I bet I don't have torsion bar problems lol.... Because I'm in the south and we don't get snow

 

[Nickleahy23]

I bet I don't have torsion bar problems lol.... Because I'm in the south and we don't get snow

better knock on some wood..

 

[fire730]

I'm a mechanic here in Louisiana.

I've worked on a few northern cars in the past.

If I moved up north I would rather shovel horse manure than repair cars that drive through salt and snow every year.

Enough said! Good luck!

 

[Puke'n Yuke'n]

pb blaster and a 3 lb mallet are your friend lol

U ain't kidding bruh! Maybe a 10lb tho.. LOL. Ill be back at it tonight, ready for war.

 

[JimmyKGB]

PB Blaster is the Whip !!! Soak anything overnight and it breaks free in the morning...no matter how rusty it is. I swear by it.

 

[Splatmaster527]

I live in Ohio and when I went to try and pull mine they were so fused I soaked them in like 6 applications of PB Blaster over a week, heated them, put a huge steel rod through the front bumper onto the bar where it goes through the LCA and beat the piss out of it with a 10lb sledge and they didnt even move a tiny bit... Ended up unbolting the Tranny Xmember and cutting the keys off the bars...

Road salt is the devil

 

[Puke'n Yuke'n]

Splat your scaring me dood! lol. You mean you cut off both hex ends??? So then u just bought new T Bars for install or what? I got the hex out of the LCA... Just stuck back at the rear crossmember.

 

[Splatmaster527]

No I never got the bars to budge from the LCA...
I ended up having to unbolt and cut the xmember so I could slip it off and get to the keys. I then took an angle grinder and cut the keys off without getting into the t-bars. Slathered the ends of the bars in antiseize. Jockeyed the crossmember around to get the keys on, bolted it up, welded the part I had to cut and cranked the keys back in.

***** of a job ill tell you that much... I wouldnt count on being able to pull your keys off now that the bar is free because there is nothing to really hit against.