toyotatom93

This sounds lame but I dont know how to lower my front end with the t-bars. I looked at the manual and tried searching, but still I just cant find how to loosen what to lower the front end a bit.
Basicly I have a bit of sag and my tires are 29's and want to lower the front to mach up with the back. right now the back looks normal for the tire but the front looks ready for a bigger tire. If that makes any sence.

What I need is a pic of what I have to crank.

Jay351

Look at your torsion bar.. Follow it towards the rear. There will be a big bolt stickout out. Thats how you adjust it.

88-surf

find that bit and loosen it but dont loosen to to much. and make sure you loosen it relitavly the same on both sides.

toyotatom93

Ah just what I needed cheers

CoedNaked

You must have the front wheels off the ground to adjust them. And you will also need an alignment after you adjust/crank/decrank your torsion bars.

You are better off taking your truck to an alignment/suspension shop and asking them to adjust your torsion bars for you. They should only charge you a nominal fee (I'd imagine no more than $50 - I've done it before and only been charged $10 per side for a total of $20) to adjust both bars and then the alignment on top of that.

But then when you consider the fact that you will spend what - $80-100+ just to decrank your torsion bars and get an alignment to make them compliment your sagging springs, I think you're better off putting that $$$ towards new rear springs instead.

88-surf

you don't need to lift the wheels of teh ground to decrank them only to crank them. and you don't need a wheel alignment after that i not going to change

88-surf

and no problem toyotatom

ydopen

Dont forget to loosen the jam nut on the top. alot of wd-40 always helps to. I have had to break them loose before on older trucks with a 5 foot cheater pipe.

88-surf

wen i did my tbars up all i did was put the rattle gun on it and i didnt need to loosen the top nuts or anything.

mt_goat

The 93s don't have a jam nut on top, that's the older models that have that.

toyotatom93

You sure about the cranking down with wheels off the ground and alignmnent thing?

I wish I had any money to put aside for heaps of things for the truck, but I can barely cover bills, gas, food, ect. I will worry about the rear leafs when I can afford to get bigger tires at wich time I have to also afford regearing and lifting whatever else I gotta do.

But if I really have to get an alignment I might hold off.

CoedNaked

I'm pretty sure you need an alignment anytime you adjust the torsion bars - up OR down. When you crank them "up" you change the orientation of the wheel, so why would that be any different if you cranked them down?

Hey 88 Surf - I don't treat my truck like a hack show. If I adjust the torsion bars, which I have done (cranked them down) before it gets done properly - with an alignment.

elripster

Hmmmm I have never lifted my truck off the ground to adjust the torsion bars either way and have adjusted them many times. I'm not sure why you would but if you want to go for it.

You will need an alignment. However, you can do it yourself. Search on it and you will find much information.

When you raise the truck, the tires camber in toe in. The opposite happens with you lower the bars.

It's not a bad idea to at least reset the toe after adjusting and then re-measuring each side to make sure you are even. Toe in/out can bind up the suspension and when you straighten it, you might find the truck is higher or lower than you like.

Frank

Jay351

It's true.. Ive seen his truck. You could eat off the damn engine its so clean.

ydopen

I saw a 94 2wd with them cranked down with the lower bumpstop removed. and it was too low. it was so towed out the inside of the tire was bald in one month and the rest looked good.
you might wanna sacrifice the 40 bucks$ for alignment

elripster

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...t-pics-115273/

It's your money but I would suggest you at least try to do it yourself.

Frank

88-surf

my bad we it realy depends on how much ou want to lower it i only adjusted mine a inch so yea?

toyotatom93

Hey I'm not talking lowrider here just like 1/2 to 3/4 inch or so. Within an inch for sure.

I was going to split any difference I had in the rear and level out the front by that or something...havent even taken measurments since the alignment scare.