Well guys come about 6o'clock this morning i discovered my torsion bar on the drivers side was completly broken and lord knows when it had been warm nothing would happen but we recieved about 6in. of snow last night and about 4 in the night before that so now looks like i am stranded here until my mom arrives home and i can go get another torsion bar (129.99) this is bull**** theres hardly nothing there and its $130 plus i gotta change it my self! they should give this to me or pay me to put it on! HOw hard is this job has anyone did it before any helpful tips or hints would be greatly appreciated!
JJ

 

When I purchased my truck one of the first thihngs I did was to get a manual. I purchased the Haynes. But there's others. This will help you a lot and you will get precise information on how to deal with almost all the truck parts.

I hope you can find one soon. Good luck with your project.

 

unbolt the torsion bar cross member. cover all the torsion bar ends with wd-40. losen the torsion bar adjuster screw. then hit the torsion bar cross member back towards the back of the truck until the adjuster end comes off of the torsion bar. Then hit the torsion bar out of the lower control arm. They are really in there, so you have to hit them pretty hard. But they do come out. And the manuals don't really tell you how to take them out. They just say pull them out. I had a heck of a time getting mine out.
good luck

 

Thanks guys appreciate it!
JJ

 

Chris,

JL don't forget to jack up the truck by the frame and support it so ther is no load on the suspention. Removing the wheel will afford more room to remove the bar from the lower A arm. If you use a torsion bar tool you need not remove the cross member.

Regards

Jean marc Chartier