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How Not to leave torsion bar.!.!
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NorthantsBen
PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:00 pm Up
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Got car up onto jacks today, thought I would have look see what torsion bar ends are like, this is what I found ..... Shocked

I have not touched them in a any way.

 

 

 


As if people would drive around with it like that Laughing


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at least it will not be hard to take it out lol

no need to remove the f***ing offset washer too Razz

 
 

 

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Going to change beam I think, bit of play in one of the trailing arms.

I had a look under the washer and it's Not in as trailing arm hole has been hit I think so washer don't fit in hole Confused


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Oh dear that's bad.. putting the bolts back in is hardly difficult.
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lol

i couldn't imagine you can bend the trailing arm torsion bar hole lol

 
 

 

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Harry wrote:
Oh dear that's bad.. putting the bolts back in is hardly difficult.

I bet the ends with no bolts have Been mashed with a hammer lol


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Seabook wrote:
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i couldn't imagine you can bend the trailing arm torsion bar hole lol

Going on how some other stuff I have found I'm not surprised lol


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NorthantsBen wrote:
Harry wrote:
Oh dear that's bad.. putting the bolts back in is hardly difficult.

I bet the ends with no bolts have Been mashed with a hammer lol

Laughing I'm doing it on my new 206 tomorrow, think the odds are not so great of getting both bars out. Will loads of crap got it without the offset washers?

By the way you bought your car off a right ball bag, and he had the cheek to charge Wink

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btw is that the drum axle or disc axle?
 
 

 

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Seabook wrote:
btw is that the drum axle or disc axle?


Just drum


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Harry wrote:
NorthantsBen wrote:
Harry wrote:
Oh dear that's bad.. putting the bolts back in is hardly difficult.

I bet the ends with no bolts have Been mashed with a hammer lol

Laughing I'm doing it on my new 206 tomorrow, think the odds are not so great of getting both bars out. Will loads of crap got it without the offset washers?

By the way you bought your car off a right ball bag, and he had the cheek to charge Wink


I knew somethings were wrong and were expecting a few just find some hidden things lol


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good reason to change to disc there benny boy!
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Teebag wrote:
good reason to change to disc there benny boy!

did any disc axle use brake compensating valves?

 
 

 

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they are in bad shape :(,mine looks brand new compared to yours Wink
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even my scrappy axle looks 3 billion times better than that lol
 
 

 

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