I Drive A 97 F150 4x4 And I Adjusted The Torsion Bar And It Raised It About An Inch In The Front. Is That Okay Or Can It Cause Damage To My Truck???

 

It will be a little rougher ride and you will need an alignment.It won't hurt it.If you don't get an alignment your tires will start to wear funny depending on how much your wheels are tipped.

 

thanx for the reply. but will it affect my 4 wheel drive at all.? and when they align it they wont mess with the torsion bar will they?

 

you didn't crank it much so you should be fine and no they should not touch your t-bars.

 

Mine used to wear on the inside so I figured I can't hurt anything by going up couple. Now I get better tire wear!!!!

 

i had trucks w/ them maxed and i never got them alligned and they didn't wear too terrible

 

it wont hurt anything but i would get an alainment, good luck

 

thanx for all the help guys!! by tha way. how much does an alignment run? im in california if that helps

 

I am in the process of cranking up the torsion bars on my truck. Do you want to turn the bolt in or bring it out??? Does the weight need to be off the suspension?? Im guessing you need to run the bolts out because my wont go in any further. My front fenders are sitting at 36.5" how many turns to get to 38"

 

You tighten the bolts to lift the truck and loosen them to lower the truck. It's easier to turn them with the front end jacked up.

 

Take all of the weight off the vehicle and tighten it up so it pushes the key up. Shouldn't take longer than 10 mins. I install 2" lift keys in about 20 mins and that's actually removing the stock keys and putting lift ones in.

 

[QUOTE=wandell]You tighten the bolts to lift the truck and loosen them to lower the truck. It's easier to turn them with the front end jacked up.[/QUOTEI

Im trying to do it with a 1/2 ratchet and i aint getting to far

 

Get a small piece of metal pipe that fits over your ratchet and use it as a cheater bar. I did that with mine when I cranked my bars and it made things alot easier...

 

hey kansasjoe the lift keys do you like them and what did they do for you. How hard on things are they thanx

 

I've got 04 f150 with coils....I was just saying I install the lift keys for the ford, chevy's and dodge and it takes about 20 mins. I put on about 10-20 a month and haven't had any problems with them yet.