Sounds tricky..lol I'll do some more reading before I attempt to try it. Is there alot of tension on the bar, as in if I do it wrong will it release and hit me like a garage door spring?
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It's a two person job and if your not careful you can shatter the rear window. If you haven't done it before get with someone who has. I've adjusted mine twice now at PNWDC Tech Sessions with the help of Toby from DMCNW and I still wouldn't try it myself.
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Steve
Its not too bad I've done it a couple times. Just make sure you have a good grip on whatever your using to remove the torsion bar or like stated you could break your rear glass. Oh and yes there is a lot of tension on it. Just make sure to have somebody with you, better if it is someone who has done it before.
As mentioned elsewhere, the bar can be removed after the rear bracket is removed. The bracket has to come loose to adjust the door torque. One more step and it is off with the bar unloaded. Then you gently pull the bar free to the rear til the bar head is free of the front hinge. Do not nick the bar with any tools.
This post has the link to the appropriate torsion bar references.
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?12...s-and-Jig-Info
With the right tools and care and an assistant it is straightforward. Use ONLY a 1/2in. square socket hardware behind the Allen key, never a 3/8" socket attachment. It cannot reliably take the torque.
I looked all around the door and it seems the outer skin is still intact, no broken welds or broken glue joints. It looks just like the passenger door. I don't see any bends, creases or separation of the outer skin at all. Adjusting the door still seems over whelming to me. Anyone near Dayton Ohio that could help maybe or a near by place to take it?