At one time John Hervey was experimenting with an Acme screw replacement. Re-inventing the wheel to be sure, but he may one day come up with a functional low cost alternative that could be used in a pinch if nothing else. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote: > There is a *limited* supply of left side torsion bars. If you get a > car with good bars they have a very low failure rate. As long as you > don't touch them, scratch them, adjust them, you should not have to > worry about replacing them. The Delorean venders are acutely aware of > ALL the parts that have limited availabilty, including the torsion > bars. DMC Houston is working on having them made along with many other > parts. You should understand that it is in their business interest to > keep Deloreans going and since this is their entire livelyhood they > will not let it die because of any one part. They buy and sell cars so > if they have one that needs a torsion bar they can't sell it if they > can't fix it. From time to time some parts may become difficult or > expensive to obtain but that is to be expected for any orphaned make. 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/