[DML] Re: Torsion bar torque

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom.

Nice to see your name come up.

A friend and I did this. We got 65-70 lbft with
the doors open, and 100-105 lbft with the doors closed. Luckily my
friend lifts a lot of weights. He really had to work to hold that
105 lbft. even for a short time.

As you can see, it's a very large torque for such a small item.  Just 
for kicks, I also calculated the maximum stress in the torsion bar, 
and off the top of my head, I think it came out to 95000 lb/in^2.  
Any piece of regular steel would bend and stay bent at that stress.

I went through some trouble to polish out some scratches on my 
torsion bars to avoid concentrating that enormous stress.

Rick Gendreau
11472

 
--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom" <tomciodmc@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Does anyone know the torque on the torsion bar with the door 
closed? How 
> much force does the bracket at the rear hold. I would be very 
grateful for 
> some numbers. Any measuring system is OK - I can convert it to 
metric :)
> 
> Tom Niemczewski
> jamesik@xxxx
> VIN 6149 (in Poland!)
> Save the dream so you can live the dream...








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