Puma's Torsion bar keeps warping....

[chumpion]

Hi folks,

Every time I take my Puma offroad, one side of the torsion bar "pops up" on itself, and I need to crow-bar it back down when I get home. The ride home is a bit rougher than normal, and when I get back, it's easy to fix.

But it's a bit of a pain in the neck.

Does anyone else have this happen? I've popped into my local LR Dealer in Parramatta, and they said it was pretty common.....

[Scouse]

It happens with D1s a lot of the time so seeing as the Defender has a similar set up, I can see why it would affect that model too.

I have no fix for you other than to remove the sway bar .

[TimNZ]

Hi Chumpion, my one does it too. The dealers changed the bushes on its last service, but I don't think it will make any difference

Cheers,

[chumpion]

I have no fix for you other than to remove the sway bar .

Does anyone have any sway-bar disconnect kits or anything similar? That'd solve the problem for on and off road.....

[clean32]

take it off, swaybars are for puffers and shopping trolleys.

in all honesty, a sway bar is there to limit articulation on the road which is exactly what you don't want to happen off road.

[TimNZ]

If you are going to remove the swaybar you might want to check your states laws, last thing you want to do is void your insurance.

Cheers,

[solmanic]

If you are going to remove the swaybar you might want to check your states laws, last thing you want to do is void your insurance.

Bingo! Unfortunately since the vehicle has passed ADR compliance with it on you will be tempting fate, not to mention a big lawsuit if you take it off and have a prang. For a worst case scenario just google Nigel Gresham and read about the accident his family had in a modified Defender. He got two years jail for dangerous driving causing death and they came down hard on him for having "unsafe" vehicle modifications even though the car passed its MOT.

[clean32]

Bingo! Unfortunately since the vehicle has passed ADR compliance with it on you will be tempting fate, not to mention a big lawsuit if you take it off and have a prang. For a worst case scenario just google Nigel Gresham and read about the accident his family had in a modified Defender. He got two years jail for dangerous driving causing death and they came down hard on him for having "unsafe" vehicle modifications even though the car passed its MOT.

if you read the sentencing he was jailed for his driving not the defender

but your point about Mods, will then fitting dislocating sway bar mounts would also be illegal? or how about driving a vehicle with a known fault Like a bound up sway bar. it would seem that the original poster has already done this and posted the fact on a public forum so should he go to jail, do not stop at GO do not collect 200 dollars or is it pounds\rupees ???

as i said a sway bar is not for of road.

any way that was in pommyland

[dullbird]

Bingo! Unfortunately since the vehicle has passed ADR compliance with it on you will be tempting fate, not to mention a big lawsuit if you take it off and have a prang. For a worst case scenario just google Nigel Gresham and read about the accident his family had in a modified Defender. He got two years jail for dangerous driving causing death and they came down hard on him for having "unsafe" vehicle modifications even though the car passed its MOT.

actually although I agree that it will void insurance......

that guys crash is not a good example as a lot of the unsafe mods were to do with his braking etc.....and were done by himself and poorly..not just unbolting something that has be abscent on many other vechiles of the same model

and let me tell you its not hard to pass an MOT if you know the right people

I guess the question is, is the torsion bar still classed as safe when its warped??? will it allow the car to behave the way its supposed to when its working properly..

I'm actually looking to fit my sway bar back on with disconnects...

[dmdigital]

I'm assuming this is the rear sway bar

I never had a problem on my D1 or on the Puma so far either.

As for quick disconnects what do they do to insurance and roadworthy-ness