Torsion Bars

rjeger · July 22nd, 2009, 03:04 PM

I am replacing the lower control arm bushings. Bought tool to remove torsion bars but cannot get it over torsion bar support frame. Bought the tool shown in Chassis Service manual for 66 olds toro. Anyone ever done this before. Tool was about $150 but is useless if I cannot figure out how to get it over frame. Space between floor and frame will not accommodate it...............HELP

Olds64 · July 23rd, 2009, 06:53 AM

Is the suspension compressed or hanging free? If it is hanging free you might have to put a jack under the wheel and move it up a little bit to get the tool where you need it. Sort of hard to visualize. Sorry.

rjeger · July 23rd, 2009, 07:30 AM

thanks olds64. The tool goes over the support frame about midcar. There does not seem to be enough room to get the tool in to release the torque on the torsion bar. Getting it out of the lower control arm will be interesting especially since it has no weight on it since motor and trans are out. I have followed the chassis manual I have for my 66, but the picture of course shows the floor cut away. I am assuming I do not need to cut the floor. I will keep goin at it but hoping for some insight.

July 22nd, 2009, 03:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
rjeger Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2	Torsion Bars I am replacing the lower control arm bushings. Bought tool to remove torsion bars but cannot get it over torsion bar support frame. Bought the tool shown in Chassis Service manual for 66 olds toro. Anyone ever done this before. Tool was about $150 but is useless if I cannot figure out how to get it over frame. Space between floor and frame will not accommodate it...............HELP

July 23rd, 2009, 06:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
Olds64 Landyacht Club President Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 4,281	Is the suspension compressed or hanging free? If it is hanging free you might have to put a jack under the wheel and move it up a little bit to get the tool where you need it. Sort of hard to visualize. Sorry. __________________ Ferris, my father loves this car more than life itself... Apparently, you don't understand! Ferris, he never drives it! He just rubs it with a diaper! Cameron Frye Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986

July 23rd, 2009, 07:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
rjeger Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2	Clarification thanks olds64. The tool goes over the support frame about midcar. There does not seem to be enough room to get the tool in to release the torque on the torsion bar. Getting it out of the lower control arm will be interesting especially since it has no weight on it since motor and trans are out. I have followed the chassis manual I have for my 66, but the picture of course shows the floor cut away. I am assuming I do not need to cut the floor. I will keep goin at it but hoping for some insight.

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