Re: [DML] Torsion bar update

[mike clemens <rmclemns@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,  You are absolutely right, the torsion bar has a
really low failure rate.  BUT, and that's a really big
BUT, until it happens to you, personally, you just
can't fathom how useless the car is!!

I have been fortunate enough to see first hand and
operate a door without the torsion bar, with just a
strut attached.  Yep, I could get the door opened,
yep, I could get in, but what a pain in the BUTT.  And
getting out was even worse.  

I'm a pretty big guy (6'4", 250") and it took a lot of
effort to extract myself from the vehicle.  If you
ever get the opportunity to heft one of the Delorean
doors (with all the innards attached), I highly
recommend it.  You will be both in shock and awe.  It
is one HEAVY unit.

My point, I have a friend that has squirreled away
three driver's side torsion bars (two nos, one used),
but he/she says, until the price reaches $2.5k they
won't even think about selling.  I chuckled to myself
when I first saw this thread's original post, but then
I saw the offer to sell a used one for $1.5k, I came
to the realization that, this is another part of the
car, (just like the left front fender, except the bar
is not repairable, yet) that many owners will pay a
premium to have, just to make the car "drivable".

I dearly hope that someone can come up for a repair to
the torsion bars or can manage to fabricate new ones,
but I dread the day that I hear the snap inside my
T-panel.  As of right now, there are not a lot of
options available to the community.

Mike   TPS    1630

PS:  My car was stored for the first 19 years of it's
life with the doors open, maybe I'll get a small
reprieve.


--- Soma576@xxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> Well, I think you guys are crazy to be talking about
> putting money up front to preorder an item you will
> very likely never need to use.? Even if I had
> millions of dollars I still would not put up $500 or
> more to have a spare part that has an extremely low
> failure rate.? Every instance I have heard where a
> bar broke, it was because it was rubbing on the
> hinge or was hit with a drill while repairing the
> roof seals.? 
> 
> 
> 
> This is a lot like having a spare door for your
> refrigerator.? It really isn't that big a deal.?
> Bummer if you need a new one, but it's not like it
> costs $5,000 for an OEM bar.? Even if it was
> $10,000, I would still see no value to buying a
> spare. I will take my chances.
> 
> 
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jordan rubin <nuttenschleuder@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 2:44 am
> Subject: RE: [DML] Torsion bar update
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I would definately pre order a driver side bar just
> in
> case if the price was reasonable.  
> 
> 
> --- Paul J  <willinot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I would be interested in ordering one up if they
> > were successful in the
> > production and Im sure others would too. 
> Obviously
> > price dependant.
> >  
> > It may help to bring the overall price down if he
> > knew subsequent orders
> > would follow.
> >  
> > Paul J
> > Belfast
> > 
> >    _____  
> > 
> > From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > jrc2905
> > Sent: 28 June 2007 03:28
> > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [DML] Torsion bar update
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I had an appointment with the welder who is going
> to
> > repair my torsion 
> > bar. He is a metal/engineer/-welder. He showed me
> > his welding equipment 
> > and it is ultra sophisticated. He does work for
> > NASA. He said the 
> > repair is not a problem but he wants as much
> > information about the 
> > torsion bar as possible. The type of metal, and
> the
> > process it went 
> > through in it's production, heat treatments that
> > type of stuff. He 
> > examined the fracture and the metal and he thinks
> he
> > knows what it is 
> > but likes more information. The information is
> also
> > important because 
> > he said with the proper information he can treat
> the
> > metal and make me 
> > a new torsion bar that will work. If I can get
> that
> > information I will 
> > pay him to make the bar and try it on my car.
> > He showed me some of his work. Two-quarter inch
> > pieces of metal the 
> > thickness of tin foil with perfect welds on all
> > sides, I think I have 
> > found the best welder for the job.
> > This is an opportunity to address the torsion bar
> > issue so any 
> > information will really help. My email is
> HYPERLINK
> > "mailto:jrc2905%40aol.com"jrc2905@xxxxxxxx
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
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> 
> Jordan Rubin
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