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 Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:48 am |
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I was going to lower the bar myself but seen as I didn't have a spring compressor it needed to be done at a garage anyway. So I thought I would save myself the effort of unseizing the torsion bar myself and let a garage do it.
I found out after that they had done it via the spline method. How likely is it to cause problems?
I have read the how-to on lowering the other way but do not know how to adjust it with this method.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:01 am |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010
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Location: North West Wales
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Try it the way my mate says to. Throw a few bags of cement in the boot to drop it to required height & then heat the bars/arms up with a blowtorch and then just throw a bucket of cold water over it 
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:06 am |
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Joined: Jan 30, 2011
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Location: South Shields
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| LeeThr wrote: |
| Try it the way my mate says to. Throw a few bags of cement in the boot to drop it to required height & then heat the bars/arms up with a blowtorch and then just throw a bucket of cold water over it |
The poor man's lowering guide  but clever non the less !
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:08 am |
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Joined: Feb 04, 2010
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Location: Clipping the Apex!
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| LeeThr wrote: |
| Try it the way my mate says to. Throw a few bags of cement in the boot to drop it to required height & then heat the bars/arms up with a blowtorch and then just throw a bucket of cold water over it |
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:12 am |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010
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| brimbo wrote: |
| LeeThr wrote: |
| Try it the way my mate says to. Throw a few bags of cement in the boot to drop it to required height & then heat the bars/arms up with a blowtorch and then just throw a bucket of cold water over it |
The poor man's lowering guide but clever non the less ! |
Haha, Brainiac, The lazy mans guide
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:37 am |
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if you are worried you can always replace the bearing.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:43 am |
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Bucket of water and then you've got to kneel or lie in the puddle...Nice.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:15 am |
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Joined: Feb 09, 2010
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Location: Glasgow / Welling
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What do you mean by spline method.
Remove bars and rotate round 1 or two?
If they are done with a dummy shocker then it is the correct way to do it.
Otherwise take it back because you have been ripped off
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:34 pm |
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| LeeThr wrote: |
| Try it the way my mate says to. Throw a few bags of cement in the boot to drop it to required height & then heat the bars/arms up with a blowtorch and then just throw a bucket of cold water over it |
 F**K that.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:39 pm |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2010
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Location: Halifax
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oh dear. I think it will be fine. Nobody has actually said why it is wrong anyway
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