volare ifs adjustment
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volare ifs adjustment
I recently replaced the torsion bars on my 56 with volare ifs. I somehow managed to break one, so I replaced both with a pair from the same donor car.When I installed the replacements I screwed the adjusting bolts in the same amount by measuring how much bolt stuck thru. All seemed fine when I started driving the truck again. After driving it every day for a week I measured the height of the front bumper to the pavement and found that it had settled to where the driver's side was almost an inch lower than the passenger side.I dialed in a little more load on the low side and leveled it up.It actually "rides" better afterward.I would recommend to anyone else running a volare ifs to check for level and don't hesitate to turn the screws. You might be pleased with the results.
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I must have had a weak torsion bar on my truck before I swapped them out.The one that broke could not have been broken when I was driving it before , but I can tell a difference in the way it is now and the way it was then. I actually tried, believe it or not, to raise it a little before, and could not. I wonder if I had so much pressure on them and that caused the one to break. No way to ever know and I guess as long as all seems good now it doesn't matter , huh?
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Here's a pic of the broken one and the two replacements behind it. It broke in the "bend". It broke on an angle leaving the two ends as sharp as chisels.Most people that I talked to while looking for replacements said they had never seen one break.My truck is back on the road again and I'm enjoying it.
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