help cranking torsion bars??
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help cranking torsion bars??
i want to crank mine on my 01' supercrew king ranch. i dont want to crank it so much that it rides stiff, just enough to even it out or close to it... so how many turns u think it would take??
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I got about 1 and 3/4 inch lift by cranking mine almost all the way. And it does ride stiffer. The bolts are cranked in about 1 turn from all the way on one side and a couple turns on the other. I only got 1.75"... much less and it wouldnt really be worth doing, especially with the extra stiffness. Some people do get more though, guess it just depends on the truck and the springs. There are some pictures of my 99 with the bars cranked, 4" rear blocks and slightly bigger tires in my gallery. Good luck.
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I cranked mine when the truck was new. I drove it like that for about a year. I don't think it rode stiffer, but you do loose some of the downward travel of the suspension which caused my truck to "bottom out" on small pot holes or when you turned off the highway onto a gravel approach. I would get this "clunk" and you could feel the suspension reaching the limit when you dropped off the edge of pavement. I liked the way it looked, but did not like the way it rode. I put it back to stock. Remember to write down how many turns you make so you can set it back to stock if you want with no problems.
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I was pretty sure...you tighten for more lift, and back it out for less! Also, I found this excerpt by just doing a quick search on here for "torsion bars." Hope this helps!
Adjust the torsion bars (height) as necessary by tightening or loosening the torsion bar adjusting bolt.
*Tighten the torsion bar adjusting bolt to increase the torque or raise the height.
*Loosen the torsion bar adjusting bolt to decrease the torque or lower the height.
Adjust the torsion bars (height) as necessary by tightening or loosening the torsion bar adjusting bolt.
*Tighten the torsion bar adjusting bolt to increase the torque or raise the height.
*Loosen the torsion bar adjusting bolt to decrease the torque or lower the height.
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"you should not get a stiffer ride by adjusting the screws."
This has been a subject debated quite a bit here. Since I cranked mine up I have not yet checked the angle of the front versus the back of the bar to see if the bar is 'twiseted more'. Assuming it isnt, and the spring isnt any stiffer; then the extra stiffeness must be coming from other aspects of the suspension not being ideal because of the extra cranking. In either case the truck 'feels' like it rides 'stiffer'. Call it what you want or try to say it is because this or that doesnt really matter. It atleast has the effect of riding stiffer. Then again I suppose I could just be amagining it all this time?
One thing I was wondering though was if the extra hieght was putting a strain on the sway bars... within the first few months of having my bars cranked I popped the head of the bolt off the link on the passanger side. And it wasnt really doing anything crazy - I happened to see laying in the driveway one day. I might try taking the other one off just to see if articulation improves and how much more sway I get. Anyone tried this?
This has been a subject debated quite a bit here. Since I cranked mine up I have not yet checked the angle of the front versus the back of the bar to see if the bar is 'twiseted more'. Assuming it isnt, and the spring isnt any stiffer; then the extra stiffeness must be coming from other aspects of the suspension not being ideal because of the extra cranking. In either case the truck 'feels' like it rides 'stiffer'. Call it what you want or try to say it is because this or that doesnt really matter. It atleast has the effect of riding stiffer. Then again I suppose I could just be amagining it all this time?
One thing I was wondering though was if the extra hieght was putting a strain on the sway bars... within the first few months of having my bars cranked I popped the head of the bolt off the link on the passanger side. And it wasnt really doing anything crazy - I happened to see laying in the driveway one day. I might try taking the other one off just to see if articulation improves and how much more sway I get. Anyone tried this?
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Typically you do get a little more travel with the sway bar removed...but you also get more body roll around turns. May want to try it out to see if you like it. They also make a quick disconnect so you can have it on for road travel, then easily remove it for off roading.