Old Man

I was going to to reinstall my stock t-bars instead of the HD's I am currently running. When I picked up my old t-bars I cannot find my markings. Is there any way to tell the difference between right and left. I did notice the head of one of the bars has a little more tapering than the others.

mt_goat

check this out;
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b...29torsionb.pdf

You might have to clean them up to see the marks.

abecedarian

There should be markings on the end of the torsion bars. If they're dirty spray them up with throttle body cleaner or something similar.

mt_goat

Beat ya by a second

abecedarian

uh uh... you internet is just faster than mine.

mt_goat

Yeah just switched to Cox cable, much better than DSL.

Old Man

I have already cleaned the heads. There are 4 dash marks on each one and arrow heads in the center pointing out. But no L or R.

DaveInDenver

If you can see the arrows, that tells you which side. The arrows point out.

Old Man

My arrow heads do not look like that. they are on the enter circle pointing to the outside edge of the bar. (Man I wished my camera worked.)

mt_goat

Here's what I'd do, remove one side of the bars you have in there now (Downey right?) and lay it next to the old bars and compare the indexing splines. You should be able to see the clocking pattern differences of right vs left. Might help you see it if you mark the indexing spline on each end with paint or something. The indexing splines will be clocked different.

I'd go look at my old OEM bars but they are up in the attic.

Old Man

I removed them a few minutes ago. I can clearly see a pattern difference between the two stocks, but I can seen no difference between the downey's. The downey's are clearly marked L and R on there heads. I am now looking at it through a magnifying glass, but I wish I had a micrometer. By the way thanks for all your help so far.

mt_goat

Interesting, I guess I didn't pay that much attention when I installed my Downey bars.

Old Man

You were right, I had tunnel vision real bad. This worked thanks for the help.

mt_goat

Great