Beady
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Or perhaps the question is, 1993 k2500, how do you remove the lower control arm?
I have everything off down to the control arm hanging off the torsion bar. Torsion key fully backed off, bar and arm move around. I can’t move the bar backwards because the hole in the crossmember isn’t large enough. I can’t get the control arm down enough to get free of the inner control arm mounting tabs because of the torsion bar. I can’t drive the bar forward because there’s another, tall, riveted in crossmember inches behind the one with the key.
Truck hit a wall and destroyed suspension on one side and pushed the front rail over. I have replacement upper and lower arms, and tie rod. I just need it to be able to move about 100 yards to the tree line until I pull the drivetrain later.
Truck is on dollies and really close to the wall of my shop on the other side, so it will be a pita to get other side up and remove torsion bar crossmember.
Truck will never run again, I’ve contemplated using a grinder to cut the torsion bar. I plan on just putting a section of black iron pipe where the shock was (holes drilled same length apart as shock eyes) to support the truck on that corner while it drives over to the tree line, so no loss to destroy the torsion bar.
Thanks for any help/thoughts.
I have everything off down to the control arm hanging off the torsion bar. Torsion key fully backed off, bar and arm move around. I can’t move the bar backwards because the hole in the crossmember isn’t large enough. I can’t get the control arm down enough to get free of the inner control arm mounting tabs because of the torsion bar. I can’t drive the bar forward because there’s another, tall, riveted in crossmember inches behind the one with the key.
Truck hit a wall and destroyed suspension on one side and pushed the front rail over. I have replacement upper and lower arms, and tie rod. I just need it to be able to move about 100 yards to the tree line until I pull the drivetrain later.
Truck is on dollies and really close to the wall of my shop on the other side, so it will be a pita to get other side up and remove torsion bar crossmember.
Truck will never run again, I’ve contemplated using a grinder to cut the torsion bar. I plan on just putting a section of black iron pipe where the shock was (holes drilled same length apart as shock eyes) to support the truck on that corner while it drives over to the tree line, so no loss to destroy the torsion bar.
Thanks for any help/thoughts.
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