TORSION KEYS

[Hummie2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Does anyone know if you can purchase and install a heavier duty torsion bar </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sway-Away p/n 1763 list price $640. They have been on backorder forever and just recently came off backorder. Advertised as 20-30% heavier springrate than stock & has splined end and comes with splined torsion adjuster(porkchop). You can turn the bar 1 spline and readjust the adjustment bolt to add more preload to the bar.

With the stock bars the lower control arms are designed to be in contact with the bumpstop when set to proper "Z" height. The bumpstop is figured as part of the total springrate and when you add more preload to the torsion bars and raise the control arm away from the bumpstop you actually lessen the total springrate until the control arm comes in contact with the bumpstop again. If you raise the front by adjusting the torsion adjusters you should drop the bumpstop with a spacer by the same amount to maintain the correct springrate.

I played with airshocks on the front for a while and it felt like increasing the springrate was an improvement on the H2. The airshock didn't have enough dampening for the front however and I swiched back to Rancho shocks and maxed out the torsion adjusters. I have a set of Sway-Away bars ordered and will post on how they do when I get them.

Don