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Originally Posted by BrucePerens
Thanks for writing, there probably aren't many people with DIY experience for this.
I was thinking of clamping the lift bar end in a vise on the longer axis to expand the part that is squeezed on to the torsion bar. This might work better than brute-forcing it off.
Did you have any problem getting the bar off of the chassis after you removed the adjusting bolt?
Good point about the length. I think I have the right one, but will check.
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I did not have to take the torsion bar out, just disconnect it from the lift arm.
No problem getting the lift bar out of the pocket when the roof was raised. I used the floor jack with at 2x4 cut to almost the length from jack to bottom of the upper shell. Very near the arm I was replacing, I raised the 2x4 until it was tight to the upper shell. I then removed the bolt on the upper shell and lift arm.
To play it safe and not twist the upper shell. I did the same thing to the other arm and bolt on the same side. But I left the other side's arms attached. The upper shell will rest on the arm end in the pocket without the bolt.
I then went to about the center between the two arms and jacked it up, this time I ran a 10" 2x4 across of the bottom of the shell to spread the weight of the 2x4 that ran down to the jack.
I jacked up the one side until the lift arm was free and I could pull it to the outside of the shell. I lowered the shell to about where it normally is, while DW held the one arm on the outside of the shell. The top of the arm I had wrapped in rags to avoid scratching the paint. close to where the one arm was out of the pocket I used another 2x4 cut to length to rest the shell when I removed the jack.
I then proceeded to used the jack and a short 2x4 to push the arm off the torsion bar. Side note: this year I was adjusting my arms and I found the inter arm on the center of the camper. Because of interference with the other arm. I had to cut the end of the 2x4 edge off at 45 degrees along one of the 3.5 inch edge. Leaving a flat area about 1/2 by 3.5