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Originally Posted by Bill
coralcruze -
That was lots of good info in your post - thank you for putting it up.
Question: you reported that for the tongue jack hole, you used a high RPM drill with a sanding wheel. Tell me more about what kind of sanding wheel / sand paper you used. What kind of grit, and how big? I would expect that the frame members would be softer steel than the torsion bars, and Larryjb reports that the metal is really hard, so I suspect that a quarter sheet of 220 grit out of my wood-finishing kit would not be up to the job.
As for the ability to re-insert the stub of the torsion bar into the bracket, I was glad to read that the fit was a bit loose. As you suggested, a bottle jack and a mallet might be enough to pop it back into the opening.
Several elements of the situation seem to be a bit different on different TM years/models. On mine, there are still several threads left on the adjuster bolt, so no problem there. And the adjusters on the middle bars are set at (or very close to) zero.
It is expected that different diameter bars will be used at the different locations. The center location of each shell seems to require less lift than the ends, probably because the end lifters have to lift the end walls in addition to the roof and sidewalls, while the center lifters don't have to lift an end wall. So smaller bars are appropriate. The trick for the factory is to use the right diameter bar at each location. We've had a couple reports (including mine) that on 2020 2720QS, the bar used at the front of the front shell is not quite adequate, and the next size up would have been a better choice.
Thanks for your inputs.
Bill
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Bill, I think that you might wear yourself out trying to open that hole with sandpaper. Have you thought of simply measuring the hole and drilling it out with the next size drill Or 2) or a step drill? If you don't have a drill motor with a 90* head, you can rent them at HomeDepot.
I would be very reluctant of grinding the torsion bar. That's spring steel and it would take some agressive grinding that may change the temper on the end of the bar. You might regret that.