Torsion bar rear suspension

[Old Guy]

My T-Bucket has a torsion bar rear suspension.....sort of. It took a lot of digging to find out what I have, but I did find out. It's part of a VW bug front suspension. It's a single 2" dia. tube that is mounted across the rear of the frame. Inside the tube are 8 leaf "springs". The leaves are secured in the center of the tube. At each end of the tube, attached to the leaves, there are arms with links to the rear axle. Looks good, however it doesn't work. It's not strong enough to support the rear of the car.

That's the way I got it. I added a couple of air shocks to get at least some sort of suspension. Has anybody else got anything like this?

 

[Spanky]

Hurry up and post 6 more messages so you can post a picture! worth 1,000 words, ya' know . . .

 

[choppedtop]

You might get more replies in the suspension area. But, here is some info. Volkswagen Torsion Bar Indexing
I have done this before on some Baja Bugs. Kind of a pita, but doable.