GTV6 torsion bars

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

In a message dated 03/10/2002 7:56:01 AM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 23:45:03 
> From: "Allen Mitchell" <allenom@domain.elided>
> Subject: GTV6 torsion bars
> 
> Hello,
> Has anyone else encountered, shall we say, "resistance" when extracting the 
> torsion bars from a GTV6/Milano?  Yes, the suspension was completely 
> unloaded, in fact the lower A arm was removed completely.  The rear splines 
> on both torsion bars had rusted up so solidly that we had to "gently coax" 
> the bar rearward by "tapping lightly" on the front end.  I made my own 
> "factory tool" but it simply would not budge.  I cannot imagine that the 
> real factory tool would have been able to break these things loose, as it 
> took considerable "coaxing" to get it out.  Anyone else care to either: 
> a)tell me what a clod I am, or b) recount their own tale of torsion-bar woe?
> Thanks,
> Al
> 

       I have never owned a GTV-6.  However, on the Alfetta, I used a 10 mm 
(I think) bolt that screwed into the rear of the torsion bar. With a big 
socket and a stack of washers, I was able to pull them from the rear.  
However, the threads took a lot of stress and that may not be the best way.
       On one really rusted Alfetta, I unbolted the whole bar that the rear 
of the torsion bars fit into.  I hooked a come along around the rear axle and 
pulled the thing apart.
       I assume the GTV-6 is similar to the Alfetta.
       Make sure you mark the alignment of the bar before you pull them 
apart.  They have a different number of splines on the rear from the front.  
Rotating them is how you adjust ride height.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City

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