Re: [DML] Re: Torsion Bar Problem

[Christian Williams <delorean@xxxx>]

Since this is such a rare problem, I figured I'd follow up with what I
ended up doing. My problem was with the passenger side tortion bar (which
are still easy to find). We tried to adjust my bar, but couldn't since the
bar and the retaining clamp had basically become one piece now (now way to
get the 2 apart, especially under all of the bar's torque).

I took the car to Don and his guys at the DeLorean Motor Center in Garden
Grove, CA. They ended up having to torch the bar out. Once out, the bar
and retaining clamp had to be replaced.

You should absolutly talk to the body shop about paying for the repairs.
I'm not even sure if you'll be able to find a drivers side tortion bar.
Good luck though!

-Christian

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, daveswingle2 wrote:

> This is NOT a good thing. I've seen this one time (Christian W, if
> you're out there, I'm talking about your car!)
>
> The bar is actually probably not bent permananently, but what has
> happened is that the doofus that took it out used the wrong (too
> small) allen wrench on the bar (or did not insert it all the way) and
> caused the head of the torsion bar to expand very slightly. This is
> NOT visible to the naked eye. This has caused the splines on the
> torsion bar to seize into the retaining clamp. When tightened, rather
> than sliding down the bar, the clamp actually compressed the bar
> causing it to bend (picture trying to press on both ends of a soda
> straw with your hands- what happens to the straw?). On the one I've
> seen like this we put a couple of washers under the torsion bar
> retaining clamp to space it back from the body slightly. There is NO
> WAY To adjust the torsion bar with this problem in place, and you may
> even have a hard time removing it from the car without removing the
> roof panel and/or the back window since you cannot get the clamp off
> the bar.
>
> You may want to engage in further discussions with the bodyshop at
> least as far as paying to fix it.
>
> Only solution is probably a new torsion bar and clamp.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Aaron PETERSON" <mrroboto1@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am experiencing problems with the driver side door torsion bar.
> It seems that a local body shop bent the bar, while replacing a door
> hinge, that the door will only stay half way up, even with a new
> strut on it. Is it possible for the bar to be bent back (the middle
> is bowed outward) without causing damage to the bar?
> >
> > Aaron P.
>
>
>
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