There are a number of ways in which to suspend a hot rod, but few designs offer a more compact, versatile, and adjustable design than that of the torsion bar variety. While on one hand the traditional ...

I recently wrote a piece discussing some of the basic differences between coil springs and leaf springs. But while putting the piece together, I ran into an interesting problem. Despite coil springs ...

So what are torsion bars? Basically they're straight steel bars that work like coil springs but twist for damping rather than compressing as coils do. The bars can be found in the front suspensions of ...

I have a 2001 Chevy Silverado 4x4, and I think the torsion bars are sagged out. It was used to haul a lot of heavy stuff around the ranch for a lot of years, so it wouldn’t be surprising. The tires, ...