Re: [DML] Re: Torsion Bars reversed?

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Sorry, Toby, you're wrong. As I said to James Grant when he posted the same suggestion -
try it. Take two short pieces of string, twist one one way and one the other. Set them
next to each other on a table, noting they are twisted in opposite directions. Now turn
one round 180 degrees. They'll still be twisted in opposite directions....

Or a better way to describe it would be to take two bolts, one with a left-hand thread.
Do you think the left-hand thread is reversed just by turning the bolt around?

Martin
#1458

tmpintnl wrote:

> Sorry guys, but I don't agree. If you swap the bars end-for-end at
> the same time you swap sides, the actuation direction would be
> correct. For instance, if the LH bar broke, you could install a RH
> bar on the left side if you installed the splined end into the LH
> forward hinge (with some challenging modifications to the hinge), and
> the square end into a redesigned retention bracket in the back. I'm
> not suggesting that this is practical, but it is possible.
>
> Toby Peterson VIN 2248
> Winged1