[John2kx]

This is my first attempt at working with the torsion bars and successfully lowered my car the 1" I was after. The adjusters were running closer to their upper position (with weight of car on suspension) when I started and following the advice in previous posts, I lowered car by repositioning adjusters by popping them off and using the next spline on torsion bar.

I feared a stiffer ride and bump steer but did not experience either. My ride was stiff prior to lowering car and I assume this was caused by the adjusters being placed in their far extreme. As far as ride and look of car go, I'm happy.

One of the things I noticed while repositioning adjuster on torsion bar spline were chunks of material that was falling out when adjuster was removed. Looking at pics in some of my manuals, there appears to be a "seal" which is supposed to be installed in this location. What I have left appears to be the remains of 30 year old seals and they don't ressemble anything in the manual. I'd like to get this back where it should be and:

1. wonder if seals or bushings are installed on both ends of torsion bar?

2. what needs to come apart to install them? I've figured out the back side where the adjusters are installed, just not sure about the front portion.

3. the manual calls this part a seal but from the amount of play I see where torsion bar goes in tube, I'm wondering if this is really a place for a bushing to keep torsion bar centered in tube? Or is there in fact and bushing and a seal?

Thanks in advance,

John