A few members here have deleted the torsion bar altogether. I plan onto when my fiber-glassing is done as well.
Heres a message I got form "TIMBER" when I inquired about the delete mod.
[/QUOTE] I used the standard bronze bushings you find at decent hardware store. Mc Master & Carr has them also. They were 3/4" od. x 1/2" id and I'm pretty sure they were 1" long. They fit into the nylon flippac bushings just right. Then I ran a 1/2" bolt through them with over sized washers that keep the nylon captive inside the steel flippac arms, So far I have not had any problems that I want to change. At some point I want to get rid of or replace the nylon because they are old and brittle . Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]
Once the torsion bar is out and the bolts/sleeves are used to hold the top to the rest of the camper it seems to alleviate a lot of stress caused by the bar. Timber or Rhino, or both, used the canapy pole as an extension on the roof brace bar to help flip the top up and over.
Some pictures here of the hardware used.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/59441-replacing-flip-pac-torsion-bar/page4