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Offline Chryco Psycho

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Re: Are all torsion bars created equal?
« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2009 - 04:08:21 AM »
do you have power steering & have you checked to make sure the valve on the steering box is centered & not creating the pull , if it is not centered it will cause the pull

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Re: Are all torsion bars created equal?
« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2009 - 04:29:05 AM »
I have PS and didn't check because I do not know (yet, so I'm gonna learn something today  ;)) what this valve is.
And can this valve be changed 'automatically' by changing T bars? Nobody touched that steering box.

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Re: Are all torsion bars created equal?
« Reply #17 on: August 22, 2009 - 03:53:21 PM »
Fixed the problem with the right side Tbar. The Tbar 'socket' in the LCA had a different angle than the one on the left LCA. I thought that this socket was a fixed point (welded) on a LCA, that's why I pushed the LCA further down to get the socket aligned with the front end of the Tbar. But found out today that you can turn this socket to make it align with the Tbar. On the left side this alignment was already ok, now it is also ok on the right side and now my front suspension is a ok.  :)
But.... of course this didn't solve my pulling-to-the-right problem as CP already stated.
Took the manual and read about this valve and saw that I had a self steering problem; when starting the engine I saw my wheel turning to the right, kinda spooky  :screwy:
Made some subtle changes to the position of this valve and now it drives like a train!  :crazy:
A big thanks to you Chryco Psycho for pointing me into the right direction.

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Re: Are all torsion bars created equal?
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2009 - 01:22:31 AM »
Glad to Help out  :2thumbs:

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