RE: torsion bar suspension

[Kerry Mayes <Kerry.Mayes@domain.elided>]

Yes it is that easy.  I'm a qualified chequebook mechanic and I've managed
to dismantle the suspension easily.  No, nothing flies off anywhere -
assuming you have jacked the car up and put the axle stands under the axles
so that the wheels are hanging loose.  I even managed to put it back
together!  The one special tool is for removing the torsion bar from the
rear spline, but I just used gentle persuasion with steel rod and hammer.
Depending what you want to do, you may not even need to take the bar out.
If you are not doing a height adjustment  (or for gross suspension height
adjustments you can just rotate the front spline!)

Kerry
92 164 QV
76 Alfetta GT - which could do with some GTV6 torsion bars - or even your
old Giulietta ones would be an improvement!

> -----Original Message-----
> So I'm looking at the suspension of my 116 Giulietta, and 
> thinking that I've never worked on torsion bar suspension 
> before, so I don't know what those things will do if I start 
> dismantling them.  My Haynes workshop manual makes it sound 
> dead easy, but I'm suspicious.  Are they likely to fly off 
> and kill me when the tension on them is released?  And if I 
> get them off, retaining all of my important 
> digits/eyes/limbs, am I going to be able to get it all back 
> together again?  Without special tools?  

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