Re: Please HELP my worst nightmare

["Toby Peterson" <tobyp@xxxx>]

Paul - I can't personally help you in terms of a replacement torsion 
bar, but I can tell you that the torsion bars are at their highest 
loading state with the doors closed. That will be pretty much the 
only time you will see a failure of the bar - either while opening or 
closing the door, or while closed. I'm sorry to hear about this, and 
I hope that somebody can come forward with a suitable spare. We had 
talked on the List about making an aftermarket bar for the driver's 
side, but the cost and complexity of the undertaking was more than any 
one individual wanted to take on. As James Espey said in his post on 
body panels, a positive ROI (return on investment) would be a long 
time coming for a part like this, unless a larger enterprise could 
take it on ... (DMCH?) I did talk to an expert on exotic metals just 
today regarding this part, and he said that a relatively new alloy of 
titanium would be perfect for this application. He did say that it 
might be a "bit spendy" though. If anybody wants additional 
information on it, let me know.

Toby Peterson VIN 2248
Winged1

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Paul Salsbury" <paul.salsbury@xxxx> wrote:
> A BROKEN TORSION BAR..............right in the middle
> How could this happen? whilst the door was closed.....