11-04-2014, 08:24 PM
Next step for this was to finally slam the axle, before doing this I had to replace the rear axle as she was cambering badly. Choose a gti-6 one for the replacment
When it cam to lowering I refused to do the notch method. Instead I fully removed the torsion bars. To start with I removed the brake line/handbrake cable brackets then removed the bolts on the anti roll bar caps. To seperate the cap from the arb I used a bolt to pull the cap off.
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Once one of the ends was removed the anti roll bar just pulled out from the opposite side.
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Next was to remove the torques bolts out the end of the torsion bars and remove the daft washer. Removing the washer was a chore, I had to remove all the grime from the slot with a pick but it had been in there that long it had set like concrete.
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once removed I cleaned them up and removed the two nuts the other end of the torsion bars. Once these were removed I was able to screw the slide hammer into the torsion bars and remove them.
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the near side come out a piece of cake but the drivers side was siezed in. I tried the the tapping method were by you apply tension with a bolt and washer and go the other end and tap the torsion bar through, then go the other end and apply more tension to tue bolt.
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In the end the only way I could remove it was by removing the trailing arm and heating the shit out of it till it just pulled out.
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was the bars were remove I cleaned all the splines up. Next was to measure how low I wanted the car. I did this by jacking up the hub, applying a spirit level to the cb and measuring from the bottom of the bar to the top of the arch.
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once set it was just a case of greasing everything up and putting it all back together to get the end result
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When it cam to lowering I refused to do the notch method. Instead I fully removed the torsion bars. To start with I removed the brake line/handbrake cable brackets then removed the bolts on the anti roll bar caps. To seperate the cap from the arb I used a bolt to pull the cap off.
[attachment=15260]
Once one of the ends was removed the anti roll bar just pulled out from the opposite side.
[attachment=15261]
Next was to remove the torques bolts out the end of the torsion bars and remove the daft washer. Removing the washer was a chore, I had to remove all the grime from the slot with a pick but it had been in there that long it had set like concrete.
[attachment=15262]
once removed I cleaned them up and removed the two nuts the other end of the torsion bars. Once these were removed I was able to screw the slide hammer into the torsion bars and remove them.
[attachment=15263]
the near side come out a piece of cake but the drivers side was siezed in. I tried the the tapping method were by you apply tension with a bolt and washer and go the other end and tap the torsion bar through, then go the other end and apply more tension to tue bolt.
[attachment=15264]
[attachment=15265]
In the end the only way I could remove it was by removing the trailing arm and heating the shit out of it till it just pulled out.
[attachment=15266]
[attachment=15268]
was the bars were remove I cleaned all the splines up. Next was to measure how low I wanted the car. I did this by jacking up the hub, applying a spirit level to the cb and measuring from the bottom of the bar to the top of the arch.
[attachment=15271]
once set it was just a case of greasing everything up and putting it all back together to get the end result
[attachment=15272]