torsion bar adjustment for dummies

[edd]

Hi Guys,
Is there someone who could walk me through torsion bar adjustment for a ccx. Right now the lowest part of the frame is only 2.5 inches off the ground, and it bottoms out often.
Thanks
Ed

[Michael4yah]

Ive been waiting for this.

[767Jockey]

Do you guys have a copy of the assembly manual? It's not a difficult process, but it is somewhat involved. I used to have a copy of the Contemporary assembly manual electronically, but that was on a computer that I no longer own. Perhaps Mickmate (Nick Acton) can send you a copy. The procedure is in there. It involved taking a length of steel or aluminum stock, removing the front shock, drilling holes in the stock and placing it in the place the shock used to be. At that point, due to the stagger of the splines on either end of the torsion bar, it will only fit in one way. The whole key is to have the spacing of the holes on the bar stock correct. The manual tells you how far apart they need to be, based on the torsion bars you have and the weight of your engine. The bar essentially puts the unloaded suspension at a preset height, allowing you to put the torsion bars at a null position, so that then the expected weight of the engine loads the front suspension it squats at a predetermined amount. I probably confused you more than I helped you here, but it'll all make sense when you see the manual. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Doug

[edd]

Thanks Doug,
That makes perfect sense.
Hopefully Nick will see this and chime in.

[mickmate]

I just talked someone else through this. The torsion bars are incrementaly indexed from one end to the other for very fine adjustments. As Doug said you do the same as any build where you use a strut rod in place of the shock to get adjustment correct. That is way too low obviously and it sounds like it might be one spline out at one end. Does your oil pan hang below the frame rails? Shoot me an e-mail address if you need the manual.

[767Jockey]

And don't forget to put anti-sieze on the splines at both ends, it makes getting them out for fine tuning much easier down the road.

[edd]

Hey Nick, I am someone else. HaHa
Ed

[mickmate]

You mean you're SOMETHING else, ha ha. I was talking with one of our Australian brethren about it.