Re: All wiring nominal and TL not working

Posted by HH56 On 2011/6/7 22:31:05

I'd go ahead and remove the motor and try that first. As to direction, I think you will just have to try both. One direction will be considerably harder turning than the other so the easy direction will be the one to unwind and it would be going CCW on the link. If they both are very hard, then something has happened inside and you will have to do the service bulletin method.

The blocks would not be a good idea because in order to catch the release, they would also have to prevent any travel and would become jammed tightly with no way to remove them. I've not tried it or know anyone who has but if enough room, possibly a come along could be rigged with the cable in a long loop so the cable could loop over both sides to hold the ball levers on the short bars down where transverse bars connect and then have a controlled release with that. You'd have to watch the cable didn't get pinched if you tried it.

Once you get back to approximately the correct spot with the ball levers the car will be more level than it currently is but maybe not all the way depending on several factors--accessories in front, stuff in trunk, bar loading etc. With things being twisted so hard for so long, it may take a while for things to relax and sort out.