Rear torsion tube bent

turboboy · Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 12:15 am Post subject: Rear torsion tube bent

Howdy All
I have a problem , I have bent rear torsion bar tube is bent up on both sides about 6mm.
How can I repair it , can I chain the outsides up an jack up the middle with a bit of heat.
If not what else can I do.

Cheers

mark tucker · Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Rear torsion tube bent

hmm, how about biger tires on the front? Rolling Eyes

you might break somethen trying to bend them down, how have you determaned there both bent up?

jason · Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: Rear torsion tube bent

Thats what they'd do on a frame machine. I'm with Mark, how do you know their bent.

Q-Dog · Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: Rear torsion tube bent

What car? Got any pictures of this?
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'69 Dune Buggy
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'70 Beetle

turboboy · Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 5:00 am Post subject: Re: Rear torsion tube bent

The guy working on it put a straight edge on it after thinking it looked wierd
it's on a buggy

Q-Dog · Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 5:21 am Post subject: Re: Rear torsion tube bent

You can straighten it with jacking and chains ... you don't need heat. This one was bent forward about 3 inches and I managed to pull it back without much effort.

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'69 Dune Buggy
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'70 Beetle

Derek Cobb · Annoying Joined: March 11, 2004 Posts: 2565

Big jumps can bend those like that. Need to tie the shock towers into the roll bar/cage if you plan on Bo n' Luke'n that thing very much.

mark tucker · Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 10:14 am Post subject: Re: Rear torsion tube bent

sweet!! a rear steer buggy!!!


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