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Torsion bar cranked more on the driver side, or something broken in the suspension on the passenger side?

 

How long has it been that way and what, if any, changes were made before you noticed it?

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The passanger side lower control arm was replaced with a ised one and lower ball joint was a new one on passanger side. I hate the torsion bar set up.  Im actually thinking of taking it to a 2wd setup just removing the front axles and changing the suspension parts to a 2wd. Would that work?

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Part of replacing a lower control arm is backing the tension off the the torsion bar on that side, and returning the tension when finished.  Also, the end of the torsion bar is hexagonal and fits into a hexagonal slot in the lower control arm.  The torsion bar needs to be properly indexed into this slot or there will be too much, or too little, tension when the adjustment bolt is returned to where it was before the repair began.  The torsion bars on each side need to be adjusted equally.  It is likely that the torsion arm was not properly indexed or adjusted following the repair, resulting in the repaired side riding higher or lower than the other.

 

There is an adjustment bolt that meets the torsion arm key.  Check the adjustment on the side that was not repaired.  Turn the adjustment bolt on the opposite side to match the properly adjusted side.  If they are matched, and one side is still higher than the other, the torsion bar is improperly indexed.

 

There are videos on YouTube that show how to adjust torsion bars.  Sometimes it is best explained in videos showing lower control arm replacement. 

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