wtk isuzu trooper front raise

dyna9275 · Postby **dyna9275** » July 5th, 2014, 1:42 am

a friend of mine has a Isuzu trooper pak model with the torsion bar in front, he was wondering how to raise the front of it , any ideas?

hyperdude · Postby **hyperdude** » July 5th, 2014, 5:57 am

torsion bar is made to adjust
if you want it higher you need to spin the torsion bar
depending on how it's made of course
this should be professionally done

dyna9275 · Postby **dyna9275** » July 5th, 2014, 8:41 am

tried that but the camber went way off

bigchief3679 · Postby **bigchief3679** » July 9th, 2014, 7:31 am

The camber will go way off only if you go too high, there is a limit.
Also your top cradle will bottom-out on the bump stop and the ride will be terrible.
How high are you trying to raise it?

droppa · Postby **droppa** » July 9th, 2014, 11:22 am

Correct u can only raise a torsion bar so much,

Safely!

Over tightening can cause failure if a torsion bar, stock or aftermarket!

Some vehicles the bar can be reset, we did a van the front and back is plumb level and the torsion are released all the way, so it can only be tightened now!

U might have to do a body lift or can look at a balljoint spacer!

dyna9275 · Postby **dyna9275** » July 9th, 2014, 7:32 pm

I think I will try the balljoint spacer

dyna9275 · Postby **dyna9275** » July 9th, 2014, 7:33 pm

2'' lift I am looking at

droppa · Postby **droppa** » July 9th, 2014, 9:08 pm

Competent machinist, UCA, BJ, nice piece of MS, and u good to go

Made my own BJ spacer when I had my surf, nice lift gained, sold it and it's still running strong, 100% local design

bigchief3679 · Postby **bigchief3679** » July 11th, 2014, 8:16 pm

For Just a 2 inch lift you will get away with cranking the torsion bars [although indexing may be needed as these bars are very old by now].
At such moderate levels of lift, you may need only do the top ball joint inversion.
When doing your camber though, it may be possible to run out of adjustment on the top cradle so check that too, take a peek at your CV joints' departure angle while you are at it :wink: