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TRITON186

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How many full turns does it take to equal 1" of lift when cranking your torsion bars? I am going to crank them on my 01 2500 ld 4x4. Any help would be appreciated.

BlackMagic Enthusiast

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When you say turn, are you talking about 1 full revolution of the bolt, or just how many times your wrench? With only 1 inch lift do you still need to get it alligned? Also, I have heard that it is really hard on your suspension and tires to crank these up. Any comments?

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AgDoctor Senior Enthusiast

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i have a 2004 chevy z71, i had a 97 and had the alignment shop turn it up as far as they could do so and keep it aligned. and believe you me it was high. the 97 had 48,000 when i got it and it had 134,000 when i traded it on the 04. let me tell you, it never gave me a moments trouble, and i rode out on some dirt roads. i am a cotton scout and ride alot of dirt roads. anyways i turned my new truck up myself as high have done others before it. i turned it 3.5 full turns or 7 half turns, either way i didnt measure before and after but wish that i did. it gave it a little more height but i am of the opinion that these are not trucks, they are just highly terrain adaptable cars. i mean these new chevys are some low riding trucks, oh well i really dont care i ride it like i stole it anyway. i havent had mine re-aligned since the turn up, but prob only has about 2,000 on it since then anyway.

Frank S Senior Enthusiast

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Good luck with the tire wear pineland because cranking the t-bars throws the camber off and you will wear them funny within the next 10-15k miles.

 

When you talk about turns with torsion bars,a turn=1 full revolution.

AgDoctor Senior Enthusiast

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hey frank, good luck with your advise. i think i made it relatively clear that i made 3.5 full turns or 7 half turns. pretty easy explanation i think. anyway i have no clue how much it picked it up. these factory tires are piles anyway and really dont give a care what happens to them as far as that goes. they look fine now, heck for that matter my bro bought a new ford last aug and we turned the torsion screws all the way up, and i mean all the way and he has had a set of 285 bfg's on there and he has put 38,000 on the ford since then. i think 38,000 is good for whatever reason. anyway frank, maybe that brought things into perspective. :cheers:

chevyagogo9 Enthusiast

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It took about 5 FULL turns to get 1 inch on my 2500HD.

 

Currently I run my front wheel well lib about 47 inches from the ground and my rear wheel well lip about 48 inches. This is also with a Superlift.

 

Cranking the bars on my HD made the truck ride rough with my Mickey Thompson tires. Since lifting the truck I went to Pro Comp MT and the truck rides softer now than before.

 

good luck.

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