Re: [DML] Driver's side torsion bar update

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello.

Good luck repairing your torsion bar.  I for one, believe a repair can
be done, though I'd have a hard time trusting it without testing it
after the repair, maybe even to failure, in the name of science.  I'm
very interested in the results.  

You write:  "It is not like it is a suspension part that would 
> cause you to crash if it failed."

True, but it is capable of hurting you if it breaks.  Probably won't,
but it can.  Hasn't happened yet, so that's good.  The door weighs a lot.

And you DID get useful information to help you with your torsion bar.

Glad you got a replacement.  Please let the results of the repair be
known to the DML community.  There's some interest in that prospect.

Rick.



> I only came here to find useful information that may help me with my 
> broken torsion bar. I now have a used one and hope to have a repaired 
> one soon and maybe have one made.
> I think people here are making way too much out of this bar because 
> of the way it was made. No manufacturer makes bars this way today and 
> they make hundreds of thousands of them for critical applications. 
> Would a replacement bar be as good, maybe not, would it work, sure. 
> If it lost strength over time who cares if there was a replacement at 
> reasonable cost. It is not like it is a suspension part that would 
> cause you to crash if it failed.
>




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