Torsion bar

[Rust bucket]

Hi, I now need too reconect the bottom lower joint to the torsion bar after replacing the chassis leg, would be easy if the car was not on it's side bolted to a rollover jig, my question is can I tension it now some how so it can be reconected, or do I have too wait until the body is finished and upright, thanks.

[oddbod]

I think I would wait til the car was upright

[bmcecosse]

You could use a pull strap of some kind - but make sure it can't slip!

[don58van]

One of the Minor restoration books shows a commercial restorer unloading the torsion bar with the car on its side.

He was using a big stillson /pipe wrench to lever the cast iron suspension arm. I have done it and it worked. You need to be a fairly strong bloke to do it (with apologies to female readers). It is dangerous though and you would probably need a helper to reload the suspension and reassemble the parts. That would be more hazardous than unloading it I reckon. The rollover jig would need to be securely locked against rotation and protected against moving wrt the floor.

So... only to be attempted with great caution.

Cheers
Don

[Rust bucket]

Thanks for the tip, but Iv'e thought of maybe another way around it, if I undo the top link and reconect the bottom, then used some thick wire to bind the top link together tightend with pliers!, it's just a rolling shell so should be ok

[bmcecosse]