2006 Chevy 2500HD 4x4 Regular cab long box. Truck only has 32,000 miles. We have owned the truck since like 2008 with like 23,000 miles and bought it from a dealer and was their personal truck. We just basically sled pulled with it and then sits in the garage. While sled pulling we ran with no torsion key bolts installed to have the front end as low as it will go. During storage it sat with them removed too. We are just getting the truck ready to do a local pull here in a week and the front end seems high? I removed the Key bolt stops to just let the torsion bars hang in the rear and lowered the truck on the hoist and the front end would go down no problem (nothing binding keeping it from going lower). No shock bind, no A arm bind. Installed the key bolt stops again and it is right at the same level again.
One thing I did notice is that when using the torsion bar tool to compress to get the bolt stop out it seemed like it took A LOT of pressure to move the bar. Like so much pressure I wouldn't want to just jack the truck up and wrench the bolt tighter to lift it up for fear of breaking the bolt or something else. I know on my plow truck when I go to put the plow on in the winter I just jack up each side frame and zip em up with the impact no problem. This would NOT be the case here on this truck. Even if I used the impact while the truck was on the hoist its like the bars are at their limit and the key might have moved 1/8" off the stop when trying to tighten the bolts.
I guess my question is, has anyone ran across this that a truck won't raise or lower with the torsion bars? I can't even get the truck to lower enough to make the CV shafts level. This is a completely stock truck with no suspension lift or modifications. Can a key or torsion bar move a cog? Can a torsion bar get "stiffer" with no use? Just seems weird to me how hard it is to even try to screw the bar up. The CV angles aren't horrible but could be better.
Let me know your thoughts. I would appreciate it!
I was thinking about just taking the bars out to inspect but it really doesn't look like they have moved. I mean the bars look wedged or rotated maybe just a bit in the front lower A arm but I think that may be normal? At the key they look, from what I can tell, fine.
Thanks,
Kevin
One thing I did notice is that when using the torsion bar tool to compress to get the bolt stop out it seemed like it took A LOT of pressure to move the bar. Like so much pressure I wouldn't want to just jack the truck up and wrench the bolt tighter to lift it up for fear of breaking the bolt or something else. I know on my plow truck when I go to put the plow on in the winter I just jack up each side frame and zip em up with the impact no problem. This would NOT be the case here on this truck. Even if I used the impact while the truck was on the hoist its like the bars are at their limit and the key might have moved 1/8" off the stop when trying to tighten the bolts.
I guess my question is, has anyone ran across this that a truck won't raise or lower with the torsion bars? I can't even get the truck to lower enough to make the CV shafts level. This is a completely stock truck with no suspension lift or modifications. Can a key or torsion bar move a cog? Can a torsion bar get "stiffer" with no use? Just seems weird to me how hard it is to even try to screw the bar up. The CV angles aren't horrible but could be better.
Let me know your thoughts. I would appreciate it!
I was thinking about just taking the bars out to inspect but it really doesn't look like they have moved. I mean the bars look wedged or rotated maybe just a bit in the front lower A arm but I think that may be normal? At the key they look, from what I can tell, fine.
Thanks,
Kevin
