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Old 05-05-2019, 09:23 PM   #1
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Default Torsion bars maintenance **IMPORTANT**

I want to alert you all to something we should be checking on our TM.

Make sure all the washers and clamps are in place on all torsion bars underneath.

I found a missing clamp and the torsion bar had popped inside the frame. It is still resting on the adjustment bolt so it's doing its job for now. However, while I tried to knock it into place, but I will have to wait until I can raise the rear shell to take the tension off the torsion bar.

You don't want to have a torsion bar pop off and find you have no torsion bar lift at 11:30 pm in the rain, cold, and a tired and grumpy family. Although, two people on either side can probably lift the shell into place, they won't be happy.
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The post above was very important (as the title says). But the series of replies immediately went off the original topic (clamps coming off the torsion bar end), into a discussion of a rear shell that wouldn't open. This new discussion was good on its own, contained a lot of good information, and was quite long, so I moved those posts into a new thread.

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Old 06-03-2020, 09:17 AM   #3
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Thanks, LarryJB. You are dead on. I'm in the process of doing several steps to re-align everything (shells, door, etc.). The first step was to get real level and do a complete check of torsion bar connections: 3 washers missing, 4 clamps were rusted badly, removed and replaced. And moving these old (2005) torsion bar bolts has been true fun - 2 broken.

Everyone who has not done the maintenance Larry is talking about - you should listen to him. Great info.
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aw, gee, thanks! Remember to do all these corrections when the TM is open. That's when the tension if low on the torsion bars.
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