LLY: Torsion Bar is broken....

[ShredLordXx]

Well I'm not sure what caused this but I'm guessing it has to do with my plow I just recently put a Meyer 8.5 straight blade on, and my front end sags quite a bit. When I woke up Saturday and looked outside I saw my truck leaning, and when I went inspected it, I found this on the drivers side! I'm almost scared to have the plow now, to always worry about my torsion bars breaking.... Is there anything I can do to help beef up the front end, I was looking at some Fire Stone Ride Rite front air shocks but they cost nearly a grand!

 

[Chevy1925]

well for one, i wouldnt be leaving the plow up all night letting the truck take the full weight of it.

your also missing all of your yellow jouce bumper

a set of these will help you out alot
http://www.amazon.com/Timbren-GMFK2...p/B001TNHFUK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

[ShredLordXx]

well for one, i wouldnt be leaving the plow up all night letting the truck take the full weight of it.

your also missing all of your yellow jouce bumper

a set of these will help you out alot
http://www.amazon.com/Timbren-GMFK2...p/B001TNHFUK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

I always put my plow down at night, or even take it off, that night the plow was all the way down and I had kept it on because it's snowing all week, I found it weird that it broke then, the bump stop is there its just compressed down to nothing. I've heard people say timbrens are good and bad, maybe I should give them a go!

 

[ShredLordXx]

What I found strange, is that my truck which is a 3500 and a chevy avalanche 1500 have the same torsion bars. I'm new to this truck and chev all together, I guess this is normal.

 

[c20elephant]

What I found strange, is that my truck which is a 3500 and a chevy avalanche 1500 have the same torsion bars. I'm new to this truck and chev all together, I guess this is normal.

The length is the same not the torque rating.

http://www.gmfullsize.com/tech/torsion401.html

Have you been to this site.?

http://www.letsplow.com/showthread.php?t=2223

 

[ShredLordXx]

The length is the same not the torque rating.

http://www.gmfullsize.com/tech/torsion401.html

Have you been to this site.?

http://www.letsplow.com/showthread.php?t=2223

Crap! I may have gotten the wrong Torsion bar then, I ordered one off of ebay, the Donor truck was an avalanche 1500 and the lists

his part will fit these makes and models with these options

CHEVROLET 1500 PICKUP 88-98 Front; (model VIN K), L.
CHEVROLET 1500 PICKUP 99 Front; (5.0L or 5.7L only), L.
CHEVROLET 2500 PICKUP 88-98 Front; (model VIN K), L.
CHEVROLET 2500 PICKUP 99-00 Front; (5.7L, 6.5L or 7.4L only), L.
CHEVROLET 3500 PICKUP 88-00 Front; (model VIN K), L.
GMC 1500 PICKUP 88-98 Front; (model VIN K), L.
GMC 1500 PICKUP 99 Front; (5.0L or 5.7L only), L.
GMC 2500 PICKUP 88-98 Front; (model VIN K), L.
GMC 2500 PICKUP 99-00 Front; (5.7L, 6.5L or 7.4L only), L.
GMC 3500 PICKUP 88-00 Front; (model VIN K), L.
SIERRA 1500 PICKUP 07 Front; (classic style, creased Dr skin), L.
SIERRA 1500 PICKUP 99-06 Front; L.
SIERRA 2500 PICKUP 99-10 Front; L.
SIERRA 3500 PICKUP 01-10 Front; L.
SIERRA DENALI 02-06 Front; L.
SIERRA DENALI 07 Front; (classic style, creased Dr skin), L.
SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP 07 Front; (classic style, creased Dr skin), L.
SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP 99-06 Front; L.
SILVERADO 2500 PICKUP 99-10 Front; L.
SILVERADO 3500 PICKUP 01-10 Front; L.
SUBURBAN 2500 07-13 Front; L.
YUKON XL 2500 07-13 Front; L.

But I guess it's not of the same caliber as i figured, but made a stupid mistake...

 

[ShredLordXx]

Then one i ordered is stamped 309 on the back L and the other side is CS 394

 

[ShredLordXx]

With a bit of reading though, which really confuses me is that the donor truck is a 2005 Avalanche 1500, and when i looked up part numbers on gmpartsdirect.com they both have the same part number...

FRONT SUSPENSION/FRONT SUSPENSION FOR 2004 GMC SIERRA 3500
15528958 TORSION BAR
ALL MODELS; 4WD; RIGHT

9 15528957 TORSION BAR
ALL MODELS; 4WD; LEFT


FRONT SUSPENSION/FRONT SUSPENSION FOR 2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500
9 15528957 TORSION BAR
ALL MODELS; 4WD; LEFT

9 15528958 TORSION BAR
ALL MODELS; 2WD; RIGHT

hmm

 

[Awenta]

I wonder if the keys have the same part number. The HD could just have more preload

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[JoshH]

There should be a paper tag on the bar with a two letter code. Here's a list of the codes and associated part numbers with their torque (weight) rating.

CHEVY TORSION BAR CODES AND RATINGS:

15048307-LH (code XK) (Max torque 4553)
15048308-RH (code XK) (Max torque 4553)

15048309-LH (code XL) (Max torque 4626)
15048310-RH (code XL) (Max torque 4626)

15712407-LH (code WX) (Max torque 4863)
15712408-RH (code WX) (Max torque 4863)

15048311-LH (code XM) (Max torque 5638)
15048312-RH (code XM) (Max torque 5638)

15528955-LH (code GF) (Max torque 5826)
15528956-RH (code GF) (Max torque 5826)

15058267-LH (code YH) (Max torque 5913)
15058268-RH (code YH) (Max torque 5913)


15712409-LH (code WY) (Max torque 5913)
15712410-RH (code WY) (Max torque 5913)

15528957-LH (code GG) (Max torque 6707)
15528958-RH (code GG) (Max torque 6707)

15528959-LH (code GH) (Max torque 7161)
15528960-RH (code GH) (Max torque 7161)

15712411-LH (code WZ) (Max torque 7267)
15712412-RH (code WZ) (Max torque 7267)

15528963-LH (code GK) (Max torque 8615)
15528964-RH (code GK) (Max torque 8615)

15528965-LH (code GL) (Max torque 8782)
15528966-RH (code GL) (Max torque 8782)

15732338-LH (code XG) (Max torque 9054)
15732339-RH (code XG) (Max torque 9054)

 

[plowboy_lbz]

The plow set ups I've seen use suspension stops on the front to basically make it rigid when the plow is up.

 

[ShredLordXx]

Yeah I will probably buy some timbrens, to help the sag, but I don't have the donor part in hand yet, just pictures. and I don't see any of those codes on it, I am worried that the donor 2005 avalance 1500 torsion bar will not be good for the 3500, even though they have the same part number on gmpartsdirect.com

 

[ShredLordXx]

Well I think i found my answer, if you click on other suspension parts in gm parts direct i can see the 1Ton torsion bar for the 3500 which is this guy
So i guess i definately bought the wrong torsion bar!
Manufacturer: GM
Part Number: 19330060
Part: TORSION BAR, LEFT
Part Notes: 4WD, 1 TON

 

[Tothemax]

Don't think you should worry about the plow. Think the torsion bar just hated life. I have a fisher v plow with the keys turned all the way up for over 4 years no with no issues.

 

[ShredLordXx]

Good to hear, do you use timbrens or anything of the sort? When i hit bumps my plow frame hits the ground. I may have to turn my torsions up, or get lift keys.