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LiftedHDRado · March 12, 2005

When cranking the torsion keys do you screw the bolt in or out?

facn8me · March 12, 2005

tighten to raise. loosen to lower. Righty tighty. Lefty loosey. If you go more than a couple of turns you start effecting camber and toe. I recomend an alignmnt if you go over 3 turns results may vary. Toe in is the main problem but can be checked with a tape measure before and after adjustment. Toe will cause the most wear on tires.

Frank S · March 12, 2005

Jack the front end up off the ground too. It'll help relieve some pressure and make cranking the bolts a little easier.

You might want to look into a set of green keys if you are wanting to go up too much. All you'll need is a loader or a tool that can safely remove the load from the bars and they run about $60/pair at a dealership.

If you go that route you may need to bring your back end up some more because you will get 2" +/- of lift in the front out of those keys.

cokedrvrbjw · March 13, 2005

On my last HD I got exactly 3" out of the stock keys. Then i backed down a bit.

LiftedHDRado · March 14, 2005

I noticed that I still have the factory torsion keys cuz they are all rusted. What keys do you guys recommend to get? I am planning on going with bigger tires and wheels and will need that extra couple inches.

Frank S · March 14, 2005

You'd want to go with green keys if you plan to change them out.

I tried cranking my bars with the stock keys and got about 1.5" out of the driver's side before the bolt bottomed out. Still plenty to go on the passenger side but that didn't do much good since i couldn't adjust both sides equally.

I got about 2" of lift out of the green keys, possibly a little more. My adjuster bolts also are exposed more now than they were before these keys so I can actually get about another 2" of lift by adjusting them but that would put the cv's at too bad of an angle I'm afraid.

Like I said before, the keys run about $60 for the pair. The preloader goes for around $80 so about $140 to go that route. Cranking the bars is free but also limits your future adjustment in case one bar sags a little more than the other in a year or so.