Hey all,
I know, I ask allot of questions from ya'all. Here is the next one.

I am going to go ahead and adjust my t-bars and do shackels on my frontier. My problem is that I dont even know what the t-bars look like. (But I am going to learn) Can anyone give me directions to do my t-bars. I am going to do it this weekend. Also, I went to Big-O and found out about the allignment they will do it for 69.99 and the guy told me to wait about 2 weeks till I get it done, does that sound right to you guys? Thanks in advance for any information you can give. (dont get me wrong, I am very mechanical. I have just never dealt with suspension)

Leinad,

I would suggest doing a search using the keywords "t bars" or "torsion bars".

This topic has been covered extensively so you should find a wealth of information.

It's an easy job and well worth the effort so good luck!

I ran a search but nothing really told HOW to do it. There was allot of conversation on the topic. But, like I said, I dont even know what the t-bars look like.

Try this http://nissan4wheelers.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=227600023&f=3766078435&m=2416059435

Not all of the "How To" pertains but you'll get the idea.

All right. Now that I know what I am looking for I think that I can pull it off. Thanks for the help and the link.

There's 2 nuts on top of that bolt - one is a jamb nut and will need to be loosened before any adjustment can be made. Then just get a wrench on the other and adjust by turning the adjustor bolt. Roll the truck back and forth a bit after each adjustment to let thing settle and take your measurements.

Garbacho, is that skid plate on your HB? If so where did you get that done? Do you still have the dimensions for it? I WANT ONE!!

Actually its on my HB now ...he made it. Its only 1/8inch steel but Its works better than nothing and you can "almost" remove it by yourself. I am SURE GLAD I had it on in Big Bear.

yeah.. can you share those dimensions. i like!!

Its nice, If you can get me those dimensions, I want to try to get one fabbed up before the run. As if I didn't have enough to do...but I'll delegate this out to a friend of mine with a welder. I'm going to assume also that you have manual trannies, I'll have to see if I can even make it work with my auto tranny. That cross over pipe that runs under my tranny pan is going to be the problem. I'll look under there when I go put my A-arms on here in a few mins.

That was the first one I made. I've since made a second for Chuck (vsmlc or whatever his handle is) but this time I made it 3/16" thick.

Chuck is supposed to post some pics of it painted but hear are a few pics of it in the raw.





Dimensions to come.

This is something that I may try to do this week. Looks like it can be cut out easily with a metal cutting blade in a jigsaw & then welded together. Did you use a cardboard template or did you use trial and error to fit it in place?

Trial and error my friend. I would suggest making a template first, especially when it comes to hole placement for mounting bolts. Plywood wood would work also.

As for dimensions, its pretty straight forward. Just crawl under your truck with a tape measure and you'll see what I mean. I'd give you dimensions but my wife has my truck at this time.

As for cutting 3/16" steel, I used a metal blade on a good skill saw and it took forever on the long cuts. I would suggest that if you're going to make it yourself then you should get the basic outside square dimension and pay the extra $10 to have the metal supply place cut it. Thats what I'm going to do next time.

Mounting was fairly easy on the HB. Most of the wholes are pre-existing on the crossmenbers...just have to drill out bigger.

Alost forgot to note that the last plate I made is actually about 4" longer than the one in the photo and goes past the t-bar adjusting crossmenber.