Torsion bolt length

I'm sure u guys can direct me in the path I need. What is the length of the torsion bolts on our truck?

I don't have a length, but before your question gets answered, let me ask this, why do you need to know the length...? What are you trying to do? If you can supply that answer, one of us might be able to provide a solution to your problem that might not even need to deal with the bolt length, but i think they are something like 5-7 inches...

Just checking how much bolt I have threaded in as of right now. Don't want to be caught with one if them stripping out and don't really have the time to reindex them at the moment.

You've got enough there to loosen them up enough to be parallel with the frame rails or maybe a little more. I wouldn't go too much further then that though and risk snagging the bar on a manhole cover or railroad track and jacking things up underneath the truck.

Thanks just didn't want to mess anything up

To answer your original question though, I went out to the shop and found a spare torsion bolt. The exact length from the bottom surface of the bolt head to the end of the bolt is exactly 4 1/2 inches.

Re indexing them really doesn't take long, its the removal of bump stops, trimming the upper shock mount, and changing shocks that really takes any excess time. Like previously stated, you really don't want to catch one on anything and yank that sucker out, or damage it beyond regular hand tool removal. You yank out a torsion bar and you could be done for along with your truck. Even tucked higher up than the lowest part of my frame, i have still managed to damage torsion bolts/ end hooks... Wound up being a pain to get replaced, but would prefer to not have to replace then on any kind of regular basis. Its best to have the end hook/bolts tightened to be as close to the body as you can get them, so long as you've re keyed the torsions properly. I think I'm 3 splines, with shorter shocks, trimmed corners of the upper shock mounts, lower bj flip, pie cut uppers, all still with factory inner fender metal, on 60 series 14s.

Already have shorter shocks ballpoint flip and bumps tops removed. Main issue is it's my main vehicle and I work 24hr call so gotta wait till I can have my dads spare truck free just invade I get called out. Thanks for all the info guys!