new to this site and had a question about leveling my 03 screw with the torsion bars. is there any special tools i will need and how many turns (roughly) would it take to get it level? im sure it varys slightly from truck to truck and is there any cons of doing it this way other than it riding rougher? thanks guys for the help

 

Nope, you just need a socket wrench big enough for the bolts. Can't really tell you how many turns to expect, like you said it varies from truck to truck. Just measure often and you'll be good to go.

 

I agree. Also, don't forget to get an alignment after you are done.

 

thanks guys for the help, and one more question. what size tires and rim sizes are you using,pic if you got them. please

 

That info is in both of our sigs.

You can see more pics in my gallery, link at the bottom of my sig.

 

Just one more thing to suggest.

Once you think you've got the height where you want it.

Take the truck around the block or to the store and back. You know give the suspention a chance to settle in a bit.

When you return home, remeasure the height. Adjust as nessisary then take it for the alignment.

 

I'm interested in doing this as well, does anyone have a picture of the torsion bars, and where to adjust them?

I'm sorry, I've never worked with torsion bars before, don't even know what to look for.

Also, are there any cons for adjusting your ride height this way?

EDIT - I've found the pictures I needed in another thread. But I'd still like to hear about the cons. Does torqueing the torsion bars add any stress to anything? I've read about broken torsion bars, does this action help cause breaks?

 

as long as you dont crank them all the way you should have no problems, cranking them up all the way could put the front CV shaft at a bad angle wich could cause premature wear

 

Thanks bigtruck311.

I work with a guy that has a late 90's F150 and he was leaving the parking lot one day two years ago and he snapped his driverside torsion bar. I don't know if he had his cranked or not but I wanna make sure that I don't end up like him, hehe.

 

I've never even heard of that happening, and there are plenty of people here who have the torsion bars cranked. So you should not worry too much about something like that happening agian.

 

I've heard of that happening. However it was always 98 or 99 F-150's. Apparantly Ford had a problem with the torsion bars during those year models. It has nothing to do with cranking the torsion bars. It's just a bad batch of torsion bars.

 

I have had the torsions cranked all the way for a long time and have had no problems with anything so far. I have heard of premature CV half shaft and ball joint wear but have not had any problems with either and I use four wheel a lot too. So I say go for it, the difference it makes is noticeable.

 

thanks again guys for all the help,now im just waiting for some nice weather.