Broke Torsion bar

[Blee1099]

Pic to follows. I broke my drivers torsion bar today at Paragon and I get to repair it tomorrow to continue wheeling

 

[bmxking5]

Nice! Any tires come off the wheels in a mud hole today too?

 

[IAmTodd]

Nice! Any tires come off the wheels in a mud hole today too?

LMAO, I really need to get that video up!

Good luck Ben. I guess thats why you called me

 

[JDraper]

Nope, no tires got ripped off today.

Here's a pix of the perfect trail fix for anyone that happens to break a torsion bar. We took my hub socket and "extended" the bumpstop to "fix" Ben's truck. We had to drop the swaybar and the shock to get it in, but it held firm all the way out of the park.

 

[BigDave!!!]

holy crap ive never heard of that happening, how did you break it exactly?

 

[1996explorer4x4]

yeah my dad broke his on his expedation

 

[Brian_B]

I want to hear how he did that and how he fixes it.

 

[IAmTodd]

I want to hear how he did that

Its Ben, anything is possible

Time for coilovers eh?

 

[JDraper]

I want to hear how he did that and how he fixes it.

He was actually sitting still on the trail when it broke. We were behind him and heard a "pop" (like a Lock-Rite releasing). My first thought was "When did Ben put a lock-rite in? Then we noticed the front of the truck was sagging. Ben has some pix of the broken bar, and it looks like it was caused by accumulated damage. You can see evidence of an existing crack that just finally let go.

As for fixing it, that's the easy part. Just put a new torsion bar in. Ben was headed to the junkyard this morning for another bar. It's a 30 minute job if you have a 2 jaw puller.

 

[Brian_B]

Weird....Yet cool that it broke when it did! I want to see the pics when he gets home.

 

[Blee1099]

I'll be posting pics in a bit. Just got home.. Have to shower and unpack the camera & laptop.

 

[Brian_B]

I had to go lay under mine today and see where you had the socket. I just had to know. LOL Anticipating pics when he gets time.

 

[Blee1099]

Just something to tease you while I shower..

 

[Brian_B]

My diagnosis after close investigation: Its broken!

 

[bmxking5]

I think you're right Brian!

 

[ExplorerSport77]

way to go! pooor kami

 

[Brian_B]

way to go! pooor kami

HUH?

EDIT: NM....Ben just explained in the chat

 

[BigDave!!!]

BTW what spring rate was that torsion bar?

 

[frickea86]

all i got to say ben is, i'm surpised it hasn't gone sooner, the way you drive on the highway...lol....poor expo...

 

[Blee1099]

BTW what spring rate was that torsion bar?

Obviously not strong enough.. I'll check later once I finish unpacking and cleaning. Then again someone did break into my truck today while I was out shopping for computer parts at the CompUSA near me. atleast I didn't have too much stuff in it or I'd be screwed like a sheep.