Re: [DML] plans for torsion bar adjustment jig

["Murray Fisher" <murrayfw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,
This will not be a lot of help to you and probably others will come up with 
the answer.   I built up the jig and bought all of the tools needed 
(Craftsman from Sears) plus a 6 foot long pipe to give me plenty of 
leverage!!   I had some of the material on hand but I think the cost might 
run around $100.   Like you, the nearest person who had a jig setup was too 
far away for me so I built up my own.   I have only used it twice but it has 
worked out great and worth the cost for sure.
The plans and dimensions are in a DeLorean World magazine and right now I 
cannot find it.  Maybe someone else can put their finger on it.    (I am 
still looking!)  It consists of a 2x6 piece of wood about 6 feet long and I 
padded it on both ends with a piece of carpeting....then it had uprights 
bolted to it (around 6" high) of some 6x6 chunks with a U shape in the top, 
to hold the wrenches.  This all went across the back of the D engine 
compartment on top.  It takes two people to do it and is a tricky thing but 
if you are careful it is not hard at all.  It takes one person to keep 
pressure on the long leverage bar while the other tells that person whether 
to let up on it or give it more pressure in order to get the splines lined 
up.   Indidentally, a year or so ago, my doors were starting to sag and I 
decided to get new struts first as mine were 8 years old.  When I did this, 
the doors went right back up to the top and have been fine ever 
since........so be sure of checking that part before you adust the torsion 
bars tension.

Murray
Vin: 05962
Lic: DMC-XII
 






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