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[GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB [message #153575]

Mon, 19 December 2011 17:04

Ken Henderson

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Location: Americus, GA

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I've changed the subject to start a new thread since the old "1-ton
instatllation" was becoming too long, IMHO.

There must be something I've missed during all of these discussions,
because what I THINK I know now seems to lead to a simple solution to the
Torsion Bar problem, both for the 1-ton suspension upgrade and for
un-modified GMC's..

From the table below, it appears that the Chevrolet/GMC truck Torsion Bars
(TB's) should fit right into our A-arm sockets and our pork chops, with
just one minor problem: They're only 54" long and ours are 58-1/4" long.
But the Chevy TB's are available in a wide variety of torque ratings, are
readily available all over the country, and are, probably, still being
produced. The wonderful fact is that it apparently requires only the
drilling of 6 each 3/8" holes in the web of the GMC's chassis side rails to
allow us to fit the Chevy torsion bars!
http://www.gmfullsize.com/tech/torsion401.html

Now before I go into the simple details of that modification, someone
please tell me why Bill Hubler, to utilize Chevy torsion bars, welded in a
new socket -- I thought it was because those TB's had bigger hexes but
that's apparently not the case.

Ken H.
Americus, GA
'76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI+ & EBL
www.gmcwipersetc.com
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		[GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 19 December 2011 17:04
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: James Hupy on Mon, 19 December 2011 17:47
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 19 December 2011 18:34
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 19 December 2011 19:14
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: USAussie on Mon, 19 December 2011 20:02
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Carleton Douglas[1] on Mon, 19 December 2011 20:39
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Don Walton on Mon, 19 December 2011 21:04
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: jimk on Mon, 19 December 2011 22:00
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Bob de Kruyff on Mon, 19 December 2011 20:40
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 19 December 2011 21:09
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Kosier on Mon, 19 December 2011 21:26
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 19 December 2011 21:28
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Bob de Kruyff on Mon, 19 December 2011 21:37
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Dennis S on Mon, 19 December 2011 22:16
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 19 December 2011 22:24
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Dennis S on Tue, 20 December 2011 17:54
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 20 December 2011 19:42
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Bob de Kruyff on Tue, 20 December 2011 20:12
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Dennis S on Tue, 20 December 2011 21:08
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 20 December 2011 21:13
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Dennis S on Tue, 20 December 2011 21:27
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 20 December 2011 21:59
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Matt Colie on Wed, 21 December 2011 10:19
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: USAussie on Wed, 21 December 2011 21:12
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Kosier on Tue, 20 December 2011 22:26
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: hal kading on Wed, 21 December 2011 00:04
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Surbo on Mon, 19 December 2011 22:33
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 19 December 2011 22:45
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: LYNN L on Wed, 21 December 2011 13:48
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 21 December 2011 13:59
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: LYNN L on Thu, 22 December 2011 12:59
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: voodoolng on Wed, 21 December 2011 14:22
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 21 December 2011 16:43
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Surbo on Thu, 22 December 2011 12:24
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: voodoolng on Fri, 23 December 2011 08:58
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: voodoolng on Fri, 23 December 2011 11:27
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 23 December 2011 11:39
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: voodoolng on Wed, 21 December 2011 15:26
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Dan Winchester on Fri, 23 December 2011 10:24
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Gary Worobec on Fri, 23 December 2011 10:37
		Re: [GMCnet] 1-ton installation - TB By: Mr ERFisher on Fri, 23 December 2011 11:08

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