On Jan 30, 2008 12:48 PM, Pindell, Tim P <TPindell@otterbein.edu> wrote:
>
> My brother-in-law is doing some minor work on my sisters '02 QC 4x4
> while she is stationed overseas. He wants to lift the front end to
> level it after having some Kuhmo ATs in 265/75 installed. (Reasonably
> priced tires are hard to find in AK.)
>
> To do the front-end tweak he bought (via ebay. I know... ) a set of
> ReadyLift torsion bar keys for a 2004-2008 Durango along with the
> c-clamp tool to relieve the tension for easy bar removal. The
> instructions mention something about a "bracket" being used along with
> the c-clamp tool.
The 2004-2008 Durangos have completely different suspensions from any
Dakota, so that kit (and its instructions) most likely won't work.
> Has anyone removed/adjusted the torsion bars and/or
> keys from their Dak, and was it fairly straight forward?
I think the usual trick is to crank on the torsion bar nut the same
number of turns on each side. May need an alignment afterwards.
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