Re: [DML] Torsion Bars reversed?

["jamesrguk" <dmc12@xxxx>]

Hi,

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> [moderators note: 
> The bars are made to twist in one direction based on which side of 
the car they're designed for. That's the reason they use a different 
configuration for each side's retaining bracket. They were imersed 
in liquid nitrogen and then when they reached a specfic temperature 
they were given a specific number of twists in a direction dependent 
on which side of the car they were to be for. This lined the .] 
<snip> 

True, from what I have heard the torsion bars are designed to only 
twist one way and are therefore specific to each side of the car. 
But are the torsion bars straight? the only reason I ask is because 
if they are you could then possibly install a LH torsion bar 
backwards into the RH door. 
You would have to change the brackets but at least then, as far as 
the torsion bar it concerened, it is still working in the right 
direction.

Could this be done as a last resort?

Regards

James RG
UK