hey all. i just did a torsion twist this morning on my xterra. i always sort of knew how to do it, so i just kind of winged it. basically i just put a wrench on the top nut so it wouldnt spin, and then took a ratchet to the bottom of the bolt and just started turning. however, after reading directions (which i probably should have done in the first place), i noticed that you guys recommend to turn the top nut. that was one thing i didnt do. the front is raised about an inch or so, so i know it worked either way. but the question is, the bump stops did not seem to get any closer to the deal on top (im not sure what the deal on top is). i have room for 2 (maybe a little more) fingers between the bumpstop and the deal. is this because i didn't turn the nut on top while i was crankin the bolt with a ratchet from the bottom?

on a side note, the right torsion bar became difficult to turn, ie more resistance, as more time went along. that didnt happen with the one on the left

(just an fyi, i turned the bolt 35 times, and they were 1/3 turns, seems a little high if you know what i mean)

As long as you are drawing the head up into the cross member as you twist the bolt, its working...its 6 of one and a half dozen of the other.



(If some one here has the ability to make a little red circle or something to show the bumpstop gap here that would help....)

The gap's between the UCA and the frame's rubber bumper.



Now that the truck is an inch higher up front...what are you doing about the rear to match?

A set of lift shackles for a 3" SL would be good, gives you another 1.5" of lift out back.

Is that your plan?

Well I don't really like the raked look, I like the truck to be level from front to back, so i think i am going to keep it this way until a full lift comes along. I already have the two inch body lift, so people who know nothing about wheeling can look at my X and say "hey look at that lifted Xterra!"

oh shit! i just realized i was looking at the wrong thing, not the bumpstop on the uca. i was looking at the rubber deal on the lca! now i understand why the gap wasn't closing at all! yeah it turns out i can fit maybe half a finger above the bumpstop on the uca. oops, time to get that fixed.

Keep in mind that his UCA is not stock, so it will look a bit different on a stock truck...

yeah i gotcha. so just another question now, what is the bumpstop, or whatever it is, on the thing i circled on this pic, the one on the lca?

The one on the LCA is a bumpstop too. But for a t-bar crank the one that most look at the most is the upper bumpstop.