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Old 08-04-2009, 07:01 PM   #6
fleetsidelarry
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Re: torsion bar drop

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Originally Posted by Revin68 View Post
I have about a 4-5" drop by backing off the bolts but there is a downside. The arms now hang down low and drag on everything. I tried driving it on a flatbed trailer once and had the arms hit the back edge of the trailer with an abrupt stop. =( Also unless you put some type of spacer on the bolt between the arm and frame, under hard acceleration the arms rise and fall with a hell of a noise.
Robert, your experience is the sort of thing I was worried about and why I asked for comments from those of you who have done this, although the others did not complain of the problems you describe. The drop spindles will cost more but will allow the use of the new style bearings, disc brakes AND allow me to dial-in another inch or two of drop hopefully without the problems you've encountered.

Anybody else have the experience Revin68 describes?
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