Broken Torsion Bar

[LIQUID]

can anyone help me ? i broke a torsion bar on my sandrail a few years ago and need to get it out to replace it . it's broken about 3\" inside the tube . i had a friend try to fix it but had no luck . he tried to take the sping plate and torsion bar out of the other side but just kept breaking pry bars .

[silas]

it sounds like you had the right idea. take off the spring plate & torsion bar from the working side and get a long bar and tap out the broken torsion bar from there.

now to get that spring plate off. obviously, it's under incredible spring tension, so be carefull of the baby maker and any other body part you wish to keep. you could get a hydraulic jack under there and slowly raise the plate off the stop and gently pry it away from the stop and slowly lower the jack. or maybe the guys at airspeed could sell you a spring plate removal/installation tool. one that clips on the plate and bolts to the body mount. i've never used one so i dont know how well they work, tho. or get a BFPB (big f#@kin pry bar) in there and pop it out. thats how i did mine. stand back and pry like hell. but it sounds like you tried that allready, so i'd go with the jack or the tool method.

good luck.  

[LIQUID]

my buddie couldn't get the torion bar out after he let the spring plate down . i don't know if it's rusted in or what .

[Mike Scott]

I got a spare set of torsion bars you can have for free if you get it apart!

[LIQUID]

cool . thanks . i will let you know .
 

[silas]

my buddie couldn't get the torion bar out after he let the spring plate down . i don't know if it's rusted in or what .

does the springplate come off the end of the torsion bar or are they rusted together?

hammer on the end of the torsion bar. maybe the \"shock\" of a hammer blow will set it free. or rig some sort of 3 or 4 pronged puller onto the springplate and see if it'll come out that way.

 

[LIQUID]

spring plate stays on the torsion bar