torsion bar tool

[MYT HI]

I am looking for a torsion bar tool so I can put my 2500 bars in or some help to a cheaper good one would be helpful. thanks!

I am also looking for a needle cluster the will work with a 90 style gauge plug in

 

[GMC Burbalade]

Use a ball joint press for the torsion bars.

 

[cjman250]

the 92-94 cluster without the tach ive heard works

 

[SkyHighColorado]

Uhhh don't use a ball joint press. If you don't want to buy one then do what I did. Get a fairly large c-clamp and knock the swivel off the end so you have a ball tip on the end which will fit into the dimple provided on the key for unloading. Make sure you stay clear from under the crossmember and the bars when your unloading it just in case it slips off the key. Don't use anything that doesn't have a small ball end to fit in that dimple.

 

[GMC Burbalade]

Me and plenty of other people have used a ball joint press without injuring anyone. Just take the adjuster bolts all the way out first so you're not applying force at an angle and you're not taking them out while the pressure is on the press.

Make sure vehicle's weight is not on front suspension, UCA should be resting on drop stop.
Remove adjuster bolts
Apply pressure to key with press, just enough to pull out the pieces the bolts thread into. (Pull, don't push. You don't want your finger in there on the 0.00001% chance that something does go wrong in that 60 second period)
Release pressure slowly. With no weight on it and the suspension at full drop there shouldn't be much pressure anyway.

There's really not much that can go wrong doing it that way. If you're trying to do this without backing the bolts out then you're asking for trouble no matter what tool you use.

 

[19trax95]

Just rent one from auto zone. There's a lot of power in these bars and if something slip and your in the wrong area your in for a world of hurt.

 

[SkyHighColorado]

Just rent one from auto zone. There's a lot of power in these bars and if something slip and your in the wrong area your in for a world of hurt.

My local autozone doesn't have torsion bar unloaders.

 

[MYT HI]

No auto stores in my area have one


Sent from underneath my truck

 

[97Rabbit]

Yea ask for a ball joint press not a torsion puller...