I'm a big fan of torsion bar suspensions -- ultimate simplicity and they
basically never wear out - at least not the bar itself. IMO the big
watershed even with F150s was in 87 when they finally went to fuel
injection.
Take care -
Larry
On 7/24/2014 5:37 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
Yes, it is nice to not have the piece of broken breaker bar sticking
out of a hole in your arm etc.
I think the I Beam suspension is a thing of the past. My father had a
'68 that had the Twin I Beam front end. Never had any issues with it
thankfully as I think the only way to adjust if the tires wore poorly
was to chain it down and then bend the I Beam with a jack.
My father's last truck was an '81 and I think it may still have had
the I Beam setup but cannot recall for sure.
Not sure when it disappeared.
Both my '98 and my '02 had torsion bar suspensions.
My '13 has struts.
Randy
On 24/07/2014 4:29 PM, LarryT via Mercedes wrote:
I've broken Break Bars doing similar jobs! it's a really sickening
feeling when something pops and you see the breaker bar is missing
it's end!
BTW, Ford always likes to advertise how strong the I Beam front
suspension is on their F Series trucks! Sounds like they are put
together to stay together... ;-)
Larry
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