re: More ?s on Milano torsion bar lowering

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I bought the ball joint separator from IAP.  It works great for 
separating ball joints, and I've actually used it to extract the 
torsion bars too, although that was a bit of a stretch.  It seems to 
me that making a proper torsion bar puller wouldn't be too hard--just 
drill 3 holes in a big chunk of metal, and weld a nut to one of them.

Joe Elliott
'82 GTV-6

At 6:53 AM +0000 4/30/03, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:10:20 -0700
> From: "Derek Ealy" <dealy663@domain.elided>
> Subject: More ?s on Milano torsion bar lowering
>
> Well it seems like disconnecting the lower control arm is the right way to
> go. Of course I don't have a ball joint separator, or for that matter any
> knowledge about how to get the thing back together if once I get it
> separated.
>
> So I called my mechanic to see about having him lower the car. He said
> $200.00 and I said I'll buy the ball joint separator. So now the question is
> what is the appropriate type to get? And how does one put the whole thing
> back together again? Do I just press the control arm onto the steering
> knuckle with my floor jack?
>
> Also I'm not so sure about the articles I've seen that simply say use a
> chevy v8 harmonic balancer puller to remove the torsion bar. I've found
> nothing so specific just generic harmonic balancer pushers. All of which
> have 3 bolts which are meant to screw into the balancer, and would have no
> place to attach when trying to pull the torsion bar. So my other question
> is, do any of you know of a specific puller (and where to buy it) that I can
> use to extract my torsion bars, and get this car fixed up so the nose is
> lower than the rear?
>
> Thanks in advance, Derek
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