Rick wrote: > Bastiaan wrote: [snip] > > For some reason the plate holding my passenger > > door torsion bar is fixed solid to it. [snip] > > But the plate is still as fixed as can be and I have > > no way to lower the tension on this torsion bar [snip] > When you say that the plate is stuck to the torsion bar, > I'm unsure what you mean. I'm assuming that you've > taken the two bolts out that hold the bracket plate to the > car body, and that the tension on the torsion bar is now > released, and that for some unknown reason, the > plate can't slide off of the torsion bar like it should. I'm not sure, since my Torrsionbars are OK so I won't mess with them, but isn't it impossible to release the tension with the plate still on? I thought it would slam into the bodywork or (even worse) crack the rear window... > First, try some oil. In U.S.A. we have WD40 which > loosens stuck parts sometimes if you let it sit for a while. WD40 is sold in The Netherlands too, along with other stuff, known by most people as "Liquid Wrench", which we call "kruipoplie"... > If this were my car, and oil alone didn't work, I would > remove the torsion bar and plate (still stuck together) > from the car all at once, Don't you have to take off all tension before you can remove these? I still think the plat has to come off first... > > Your worse nightmare can then come true as the tool > > we were using gave out under the intense stress and > > suddenly I had a nice hole in my roof:-( > > (mental note, remove roof plate next time). Bas, Which roof got damaged anyway? That of th car? Or the roof in the place you were working in? I don't undertstand how you could get a hole in your cars' roof when working back there... > Wees voorzichtig, A.U.B. :-) That was Dutch! So is this: Je kunt nooit voorzichtig genoeg zijn... Good luck, Jan van de Wouw Thinking Different... Using a Mac... Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 --------------------------------