mazfg Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Just taken off the drop link from my anti roll bar, laid the thing flat and found one end sticks up....it's bent.....Any ideas on how to get the thing straight?Thanks again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Is it bent or does just one side stick up? I thought that they level out once fitted and under tension. The usual way of bending them was by using the ARB as an attachment for a towrope.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Just one side sticks up.....so this should be ok? Just need to remember which way it came out off.... ??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piman Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Hello Mazfg, ideally it should be replaced, I think it would need heating to straighten it then once straight will need re-tempering.Alec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Ive got 4 of the smaller ones liggin about, and ALL are bent as you say. And the others I had, were also bent.the bigger ones dont seem to doo this,So im thinking they were designed like this, so as to even the load up, whenst driving just one up,as if the bar is up on drivers side, it will go down a little when you sit in it, so keeping car level,cos bar is under tension.just my thinking on this, but may be rang. but it just seems too much of a coincidence that all ive seen are bent.some one got a brand new one to say diff,!!!Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I thought mine was bent as well. Spent ages trying to straighten it but it didn't work. Told someone who knows Heralds very well and they said that's how they're meant to be...My car is higher on the drivers side until it gets sat in and then it levels. It's the same situation with and without the arb. I now don't use one you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 its not just heralds, all theese i got are of GT,s / spittyswhat have all the other Triumph Hoovers got in their stash, are they all bent.Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 1218 wrote:Is it bent or does just one side stick up? I thought that they level out once fitted and under tension. The usual way of bending them was by using the ARB as an attachment for a towrope.MarkThat's what I meant, they're all like it, however they will bend if you use it to tow the car with.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midgeman Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 When you say it is higher on the drivers side is that as viewed from the rear MINE IS LIKE THAT and I was thinking that maybe the spring was weak on the rear. If it levels out when someone sits in the car what happens when someone gets in the passenger side does it go back to being down on the near side ????ferny wrote:I thought mine was bent as well. Spent ages trying to straighten it but it didn't work. Told someone who knows Heralds very well and they said that's how they're meant to be...My car is higher on the drivers side until it gets sat in and then it levels. It's the same situation with and without the arb. I now don't use one you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarthT Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Mine was bent also when I took it off and laid it flat on the floor. Not quite sure it went back on the same way, but hey ho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 2580 wrote:When you say it is higher on the drivers side is that as viewed from the rear MINE IS LIKE THAT and I was thinking that maybe the spring was weak on the rear. If it levels out when someone sits in the car what happens when someone gets in the passenger side does it go back to being down on the near side ????I've no idea what happens when there's a passenger. ;DThere was a Herald on the 10CR which was also high on the drivers side. I'm yet to see one high on the passenger when unladed. I've switched the rear spring around and it makes no difference. A well known triumph business told me that the only use of the word "front" on the spring is so they know if it's been turned around when a car comes in with the same issue. ;D The only other avenue I can go down is to check the chassis for twisting. It looks fine when underneath and handles fine even at and beyond the limit so I can't be arsed to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Laid on a flat surface both the ends of the ARB should lay flat. The reason one end is usually higher than the other is because its the passenger side, and the drivers side has had to work harder, always a driver on board not always a passenger. All the ARB we are talking about are old and worn. I usually reverse it when refitting. The few I have are all slightly twisted. Not a problem unless really bad. I have adjustable links from Jon Wolfe so can be compensated for. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 93 wrote:Laid on a flat surface both the ends of the ARB should lay flat. The reason one end is usually higher than the other is because its the passenger side, and the drivers side has had to work harder, always a driver on board not always a passenger. All the ARB we are talking about are old and worn. I usually reverse it when refitting. The few I have are all slightly twisted. Not a problem unless really bad. I have adjustable links from Jon Wolfe so can be compensated for. MarkOk, so your saying that the higher end would have been the passenger side? and when re-fitting make this the drivers side? It's only up about 4inches when laid flat. Couldn't remember which side was which...as I didn't notice it til the droplinks came off.Thanks for all the advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 If you are saying that there is a four inch discrepancy between one end to the other when laid on a flat surface then that is well and truly twisted and I would definitely replace it. I am talking about half an inch twist, if it's four inches it's knackered.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Ok, I'll take a photo and post, see what you think?I'd really hoped to still be able to use my existing one.......costs are mounting more as I do my front suspension, I also have bought new droplinks, poly bushes and new clamp kit. I also see that you can no longer get the early ARB's.. Rimmers do the later type with a conversion kit... anyone know how different it really is. The kit just looks like it has standard ubolts, bushes and clamps? Is the bar thicker? Is that the difference?Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkuser Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 How will turning the bar over change the side that is high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Just means the more stressed drivers side, now becomes the passenger side, higher side is now the drivers side. Driven for enough years it will twist the other way. I have never seen a car actually sitting higher at the front on one side than the other due to the ARB. Actual ride hight is set by the springs and position of the pans on the shocks.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkuser Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Would certainly change the side the stressed side was on but same side would be high I'm afraid Mark.The twist could be anywhere along the bar depending where the weakest point is, IF it has developed during use. The 4" discrepancy between the end heights would suggest there is a problem with that bar and should be replaced as you recommended Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Yes your correct. I flip them over purely so that the less worn or stressed side now becomes the drivers side. if there was any more than half inch deviation from one end to the other I personally would replace it. A small amount of twist can be compensated for by adjustable drop links.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Ok, why I had 4 inches in my head I don't know...maybe what my mind measures is different to the reality! Anyway, measured it and it's actually only 3/4 inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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