I am in the process of changing a few things on my on my EA81 wheeler.It used to be a wagon, now it is a hatch with EJ22,nissan transfer case,8" of lift and 31 10.50 15 mud tires.Thats the goal anyway.Right now it doesn't have the front suspension or the engine and transmission in yet.So the front end is up on jack stands..

 

anyway, one of the things I learned from my tcased wagon was that the Tcase was WAY too far back and WAY too low.Despite the fact my car now had better tires and the gearing to turn them I was getting stuck in holes that before I could just drive through.The transfercase was constantly getting hung up and was plowing dirt.Before my transfercase was right around 12" off the ground.Now after some extensive mods to floor pan I can get it to sit about 15" off the ground.It is tilted over right now so it tucks up almost between the seats(25-30* from vertical.

 

Now there is a problem.it is now so high that the rear driveshaft would need to pass though the rear height adjuster on the torsion bar.If I was to remove the height adjuster and the area it sits in on the tube would that in effect disable the torsion bar or is there another way that tension could be kept?

 

Any thoughts or ideas?

If you swap the torsion bar for EA82 coils you could cut that adjuster and housing away.

 

 

Though I like the simplicity and reliability of the torsion bar.

 

is it not possible to push the T-case further forward to gain the needed clearance? How about dropping the diff a bit?

the transfer case is currently sitting where the hand brake used to be.Its input flange is about 1/2" back of the crossbar that the front of the seats bolt to.Granted right now its being held in place with a floor jack so it can be moved.Its still in the cut/test fitting phase,not quite in the welding phase yet.

 

the transfer case is up high enough that I will need to trim away the back side of the cross member so the input drive shaft has room to turn.

heres a couple pics to give you a better idea where its at.

 

 

 

Quickest solution I see is this...

 

shorten the rear lift blocks, and lower the diff.

 

Or better yet, if you are willing to get a bit more creative...

 

Rotate the entire torsion bar housing using custom blocks, then mount the diff to the mustache bar level. This will retain the location of the diff, but will move the torsion bar out of the way.

 

It may do some REALLY weird things to handling however.

Just a thought here;

 

What about a short section of driveshaft with flanges on both ends, bolted to the diff. Something like. l=l , then the proper length driveshaft.

Wouldn't that overload the pinion bearing?