99fivespeed4x4

Hey everyone, on my old f150 i had my torsion bars turned a few times to lift up the front and i had a bigger block in the back. i just got some bigger tires for my current f150 and im wanting to crank the torsion bars a few turns to level my truck out. So when i got under my truck to take a look, it appeared that one of the torsion keys is cranked a hell of a lot more than the other. Is this ok? can i still tighten them up? the truck rides great right now and doesnt pull in any way.

SCrew2thousand3

My 03 was the same way before I cranked mine. The bolts are even now, and rides better than it did before. I only turned mine a few times.

99fivespeed4x4

Thanks for the reply man, so how did you even them up, did you crank one bolt more than the other?

SCrew2thousand3

First I backed out the one that was cranked more and measured to make sure it matched the other. I found a level spot in a parking lot and used a tape measure in a few spots to make sure the truck was even. Then went back home and cranked them both up the same number of turns, measured how much bolt was sticking out. Then I went back to the same level spot and measured again to make sure it was level side to side.

jferg92

To my knowledge they are preset differently from the factory. And you have to think, there is always going to be more weight on the drivers side so maybe they compensated for that (think of extra 500lbs with a driver and a full tank of gas). I'm pretty sure you have to turn the bolts the same amount of turns not try to crank the bolts to the same length. Hope someone elses chimes in..

SCrew2thousand3

Mine are now even, and my truck rides great.

4x4wolf

Yeah they do that at the factory due to the extra weight on the driver side

papa tiger

Seen some interesting old Buicks running down the 2 lane with a 400Lb driver, looked like it would roll over to the left at any minute LOL.