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Red face Front torsion bar trouble?

Hi,

Today I noticed my 74 Targa sitting like a crouched duck in the garage. The left front was significantly lower than the right. After reading a previous post about a snapped torsion bar I was afraid that something similar had happened to me.

However, after reading Wayne’s 101 Projects section about ride height adjustments I was able to adjust the car back to normal. The adjustment on the left side was maxed out and hence the lowered left. After adjustment everything is normal again.

I do not measure the ride height and balance every day but I am sure I would have noticed this before. Does this adjustment change over time? I did not change anything else on the suspension which would explain this strange thing. I am confused as to how it has gotten out of alignment. Any ideas?

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Ingo

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Recently when opening the garage door I was greeted by the exact same sight as you. A very low drivers side front end.

Turned out that the torsion bar had broken near the attachment point.
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Mikkel,

My torsion bar was not broken. I could adjust the ride height and everything seems to be fine now. The adjustment was just maxed (all the way loosened)

My question is if this adjustment kreeps over time.

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