John, Nice to see your still around! I'm in BG and work in Toledo. I have done and have the jig & tools needed to adjust/set the tortion bar. If you need help feel free to contact me off list. ssdelorean(at)yahoo.com Shannon Y 16506 -------------- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:39:13 -0000 From: "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: BROKEN TORSION BAR With the door open, the torsion bar should have about another 90 degrees of pre-load twist to it. Support the door open while you do this. If you need to twist it more than 90 degrees, replace the gas strut. Over-twisting the bar to compensate for a weak strut is often why they break. The other test is that when the door is allowed to hang with the gas strut removed, it should stay open 8-12 inches at the bottom. Overall this is a pretty twitchy operation with a lot of room for error (like breaking the glass, balooning the end of the torsion bar, cutting the roof, hurting yourself) so you ought to find a local helper who's done it. Dave Bauerle is a commercial shop in your area (Radnor). Dave S --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Pietrowski" <kritter@xxxx> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > The torsion bar on my passenger side door snapped in half. I have a replacement for it, but when I installed it, there is no support to hold the door up. Can anybody help me out? Wh at is the proper way to install it? Thanks. > > John Pietrowski > Toledo OH VIN#4945 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/