Can torsion bars adjust height?
Can torsion bars adjust height?
When adjusted, the torsion bar beneath your vehicle raises and lowers your front tires. While you can adjust this bar to create a large wheel gap between your tire and fender, you can also lower the height of your car.
How much can you turn torsion keys?
You can go as high as long as you maintain at least 5/8’s of a inch between the UCA and frame stop and that also includes needing to fix the OE shock due to being to short. Either a lower mount or longer shock.
What do bigger torsion keys do?
Re: How do torsion keys work? Actually they do allow more tension to be put on the bar. The only thing the aftermarket keys do is allow for the keys to not have to be run so far “up” to get the desired lift.
Is it bad to crank torsion keys?
Premium Member. The keys give the same travel with greater height, but cranking the bars reduces the extension. Bigger tires helps offroad, but there isn’t much travel in the design.
How does the key on the torsion bar work?
Tightening this bolt turns a key that twists the torsion bar. This extra torque applies more force to the control arm, raising the vehicle to the desired height. Always check for special procedures on the vehicle your adjusting.
How big is the torsion bar on a GM Truck?
On my truck I cranked the stock set up until one side was bottomed out, this only gave me 1 inch of lift, with the Pro Comp keys the re-indexed hole gave me 2 1/4 inches and I adjusted the bolts to give me 2 1/2 inches total. The aftermarket keys just allow you to twist the torsion bar more than what the limits of the stock keys will allow.
What’s the downside to new GM torsion keys?
Here’s a pic showing the new key over the old key with the hex holes lined up, you can see the adjusting bolt contact surface is much lower, so to locate them in position in the crossmember you are going to have to put a lot more “twist” on the torsion bar Ok. Anyone remember the stock height before the lift?
How does the torsion key work on a readylift?
Torsion Keys. The hexagon hole in the lever key fits snug to the location on the torsion bar where it is designed to slide onto and hold snug to the bar with no gaps or “slop”. This is the point where the torsion key applies adjustable force to the torsion bar and ultimately rotates the torsion bar and providing “lift”.
On my truck I cranked the stock set up until one side was bottomed out, this only gave me 1 inch of lift, with the Pro Comp keys the re-indexed hole gave me 2 1/4 inches and I adjusted the bolts to give me 2 1/2 inches total. The aftermarket keys just allow you to twist the torsion bar more than what the limits of the stock keys will allow.
Here’s a pic showing the new key over the old key with the hex holes lined up, you can see the adjusting bolt contact surface is much lower, so to locate them in position in the crossmember you are going to have to put a lot more “twist” on the torsion bar Ok. Anyone remember the stock height before the lift?
How does the torsion key work on a lift bar?
The hexagon hole in the lever key fits snug to the location on the torsion bar where it is designed to slide onto and hold snug to the bar with no gaps or “slop”. This is the point where the torsion key applies adjustable force to the torsion bar and ultimately rotates the torsion bar and providing “lift”.
How big of a hole is the torsion key?
We designed our keys to mimic the factory keys in shape and function but changed – in degrees – the hexagon hole in the key enough to where it can provide a maximum of 2.5 inches of torsion lift with the torsion key remaining in the stock position inside of the cross member.
