What tool do you use to hold and or move the notched adjustment plate in the center of the front torsion beam?
Mine appears to still be under tension even when the tires are off the ground.
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What tool do you use to hold and or move the notched adjustment plate in the center of the front torsion beam?
Mine appears to still be under tension even when the tires are off the ground.
Mine appears to still be under tension even when the tires are off the ground.
Jerry,
I manage, but it is a fight. My access to the adjusters is definately different than yours and I'm sure someone must have a better idea.
I have allen sockets in the heads of my adjuster bolts. I cut off about 1" of an allen wrench that fits the socket. Then with the "hex stud" in the adjustment bolt, I put a socket wrench socket on the other end. Then with a breaker bar in the socket wrench socket I can get enough leverage to tension the torsion leaves to the ride hight I want. On my car, one click on the adjusters is about 3/4" ride heigt adjustment if both adjusters were tensioned equally to start with.
Mark
I manage, but it is a fight. My access to the adjusters is definately different than yours and I'm sure someone must have a better idea.
I have allen sockets in the heads of my adjuster bolts. I cut off about 1" of an allen wrench that fits the socket. Then with the "hex stud" in the adjustment bolt, I put a socket wrench socket on the other end. Then with a breaker bar in the socket wrench socket I can get enough leverage to tension the torsion leaves to the ride hight I want. On my car, one click on the adjusters is about 3/4" ride heigt adjustment if both adjusters were tensioned equally to start with.
Mark
Notched adjusting plate ??? What is that.
Thanks Mark,
Mine also has the allen sockets and I was wondering if they would hold the tension.
Tried to adjust them with a 6" allen wrench with a 10" tube over it, worked fairley well.
Thanks Jerry.
Mine also has the allen sockets and I was wondering if they would hold the tension.
Tried to adjust them with a 6" allen wrench with a 10" tube over it, worked fairley well.
Thanks Jerry.
Thanks
Avis adjusters?
Don't know what to call them, just notched plates with a bolt thru them in the center of the front torque beams that have the springs inside and you can adjust the amount of preload on the springs thus the ride-height.
Yup, sounds like Avis style adjusters. I just loosen the two nuts, holding the center bolt with an allen wrench, and then just use a jack under the wheels to lift them (to lower the car) or just let them drop (to raise the car). Mark the adjusters (the top in relation to the welded lower plate), so you can make small adjustments. Some people have adjusted the upper and lower at different increments to modify the ride quality.
Jerry:
Make sure that if you're using an allen wrench to leverage the adjusting bolt up or down, that you get another nut to spin onto the allen bolt to hold it together at the top (where the allen wrench fits in). If you don't, there's a chance of applying enough torque to the allen bolt to distort or break the end - not good. (ask me how I know this....)
Spinning another nut onto the top end of that bolt will hold everything together while you "lever" it to the position you want with the allen wrench.
Make sure that if you're using an allen wrench to leverage the adjusting bolt up or down, that you get another nut to spin onto the allen bolt to hold it together at the top (where the allen wrench fits in). If you don't, there's a chance of applying enough torque to the allen bolt to distort or break the end - not good. (ask me how I know this....)
Spinning another nut onto the top end of that bolt will hold everything together while you "lever" it to the position you want with the allen wrench.