[DML] Re: Broken torsion bar

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Using the passenger side on the driver's side and vice-versa is
impossible. They are twisted the opposite ways. That is probably why
one has a square end and one has a hex end. So they can't be switched
even by accident. It may be possible to spline the broken ends and use
a coupling to connect the pieces. That way you would not compromise
the heat treat. You would be overstessing the remaining parts and that
may be too much, I don't know. 
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



 
>
> If push came to shove, would there be a way to alter a passsenger-side
> torsion bar to work on the driver's side? I'd imagine this would be an
> easier task than trying to retrofit a Delorean with another door
> opening system, or trying to remanufacture the extinct part.
> 
> BTW: What ever happened to the spare driver-side torsion bars? Were
> they in the same box as the left-front fenders? :-)
>




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