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Dec 26, 2009 | 03:39 PM

DownSouthWS6

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Torque Arm Bar Installation

I've got a BMR non-adjustable torque arm bar, and I'm gonna try to break my habit of letting parts sit in the garage for 6+ months before putting them on, but I've already hit what appears to be a snag.
First, are jack stands gonna give me enough clearance to take the old one off/put the new one on? And I've got custom duals that run right under the driveshaft/ torque arm, and one of my pipes is literally touching the stock bar, is the BMR not going to fit in the same spot without moving the pipe any?

Here's some pics of the pipe and the stock bar. I'm no photographer so don't give me any **** haha

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Dec 26, 2009 | 08:28 PM

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Yes it can be done on jackstands without a problem. When i changed my torque arm i took off the exhaust just to give me the extra room to move it around. Mine exhaust took some "clearancing" to fit with my new adjustable umi torque arm.

Dec 26, 2009 | 08:48 PM

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now when you say "clearancing" do you mean you had to reroute the pipe or did you beat a dent into the pipe? haha

Dec 26, 2009 | 08:54 PM

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haha yeah i just used a hammer it only took a couple of hits it was just barely touching at ride height

Dec 26, 2009 | 09:00 PM

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ouch. i paid all that money for those pipes, i dono if i have it in me to beat it with a hammer

Dec 26, 2009 | 09:03 PM

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yeah i didnt want to but i thought it was better then paying all the money again just to move it a couple of inches

Dec 26, 2009 | 09:05 PM

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just disconnect the exhaust from the headers, cut the hanger, have it rewelded, also jackstands are plenty of room, those torque arm bolts are pretty tight too towards the read end