Refitting front torsion bars

[Leonardo.IT]

Hi everyone,
Last Saturday I put together and reinstalled on the chassis the rear suspensions.
Now it's time to think about the front.
The problem is that when it came to disassemble the front bars who did the job as he said didn't had the time to mark the position of the bars.
My problem now is finding the right way to refit them, as I can't really measure the riding height until the car will be fully reassembled.
Has someone any hint?
Thanks!

 

[angel]

The supplement of Haynes workshop manual explains well the initial fitting positions of the torsion bar and anchor lever (weird!). You will obviously need the special octagonal spanner. Look also for a how-to I posted here some years ago about resetting front ride heights.

 

[Sage103]

Sometimes when I look at my R4 it seems to be not sitting level at the front, lower at the driver side. Could this be the result of it possibly only ever having one occupant, and the driver side torsion bar is a bit tired and in need of adjustment?

 

[Baron von Zach]

In order to be sure, it needs to be measured with the car sitting on a trued floor, with all tyres perfectly inflated to specifications and all the tat one usually carries around in it removed. From personal experience with old Chryslers, on which the torsion bars can literally be adjusted with a spanner, I know that parking on a trued floor is the easy bit, while checking the tyre pressures and removing one's rubbish from a car being increasingly more difficult tasks to achieve.

 

[Leonardo.IT]

The supplement of Haynes workshop manual explains well the initial fitting positions of the torsion bar and anchor lever (weird!). You will obviously need the special octagonal spanner. Look also for a how-to I posted here some years ago about resetting front ride heights.

Thank you Angel,
I already read your guide, I must say it's really well made.
What bothered me is the starting point, but to be honest I didn't look in the supplement of the Haynes, I only saw the chapter in the standard volume. This evening I'm going to look for it.
Luckily I should have found the key from an old mechanic. Finger crossed.

In order to be sure, it needs to be measured with the car sitting on a trued floor, with all tyres perfectly inflated to specifications and all the tat one usually carries around in it removed. From personal experience with old Chryslers, on which the torsion bars can literally be adjusted with a spanner, I know that parking on a trued floor is the easy bit, while checking the tyre pressures and removing one's rubbish from a car being increasingly more difficult tasks to achieve.

I'm quite sure I'll have to do this work twice as at the moment I'm working on the chassis alone, without engine and body. But I need to start somewhere.