Torsion Bar Adjustment

Stef & Sal,

The torsion bar adjuster will have to be wound back until there is no pressure on the torsion bars.

You will have to do this to remove the adjuster so that the torsion bar can be removed.

After the new torsion bars have been installed, adjust the torsion bar until the upper and lower bump stops are equal distance from the wishbone stops.

After 1000km check and adjust if required.

Wayne

The adjusters are wound right up because your old torsion bars are stuffed.

Raise the front of the triton to the ride hieght you want, support by the chassis. When you install the new torsion bars, have the adjusters sticking down a fair bit (I think around 30 degrees),then wind up the adjusters until the front just starts to lift off the stands - adjusters should be close to hidden by chassis.

It has been a while since I have done Triton torsion bars, but I think thats how we did them.

i've re-indexed mine recently. have to do until i can afford to replace the torsion bars.
this has some pointers to articles on adjusting the torsion bars.
mk triton torsion bars
and this has a link to the workshop manual triton workshop manual which describes the factory settings

Me thinks

if the gap between the bump stop and the lower control arm stays the same . you wasted your money on new crow bars..

I'm sure the experts will tell me I'm wrong, but prove it..

unless you cut at least 5-10mm off the top of the bump stops you will not improve the ride height...

Cheers

Richard

As a follow on from Richard..
See if you can obtain(or even make) some low profile urethane bump stops..
Cutting them down is one option- but a risk of the control arm bashing on the bump stops enough to expose the mounting stud..
You can buy high durometer pourable urethane- and using a plastic cup as a mould, you can turn out a set of effective bump stops...

Couple of people have suggested shortening the bump stops for more travel.

Be careful.

This extends the travel of the CV joints. Old CV joints have firmer grease (drys out with use), and the CV joints may not extend as far as they should on full suspension drop. On an older pajero with over 300,000k up, I did have my front axle get pulled out of the diff by this, and lost 4wd. The axle is held in by a circlip. I put a grub screw through the boss at the diff and no more problems.