how do you adjust the torsion bar on a ford courier (1.8td 50)52 plate?

the bar comes outwards,by using threaded hole in same you should be able to use a slide hammer to remove it,you will soon know if siezed,because it wont come out!! its not just a case of turning bar,you need to alter position of trailing arm in relation to bar [by jacking up body so that it allows bar to be fitted a further spline on,there by giving more clearance between wheel and body.]

k
November 2012

cheers k,i think ive got that anyways,so i take the torsion bar out,by what?braying it?which way out through the hole in the sill?then i turn it and put the torsion bar back in to take the pressure yeah? if it is siezed how will i tell? and will getting a new axle solve the problem or is it a case of get rid do you think?

jimbobly
November 2012

if you look on outer end of torsion bar [just in front of wheel through hole in sill] you will find that it is threaded so that torsion bar can be pulled out,this of course if torsion bar is not seized ,which they will be!.....but if not jack up body so that there is no weight on axle,wheels will be just touching floor,-may need one end of shocker disconnecting,[mark both ends of bar for reference]-then using slide hammer remove torsion bar,jack up bodyso that next spline can be used and refit bar ,repeat for other side[you may need to do this a few times to get correct ride height,[ make sure that inner bar reference marks are aligned each time bar is refitted and only outer marks are moving round] good luck...you will need it!

k
November 2012