Post your Flip pac Torsion bar failure or success

[austintaco]

Just like the title says. Post up the year or estimated year of your flip pac and if your torsion bar is still intact or if you had any issues with it. Maybe we can find a trend of which batch was defective or installed incorrectly.


Truck: 2003 Tacoma DC
Flip pac: purchased used in 2012
Torsion bar: original
Flip pac year or estimated model year: 2002

 

[Overlanerd]

Truck: 2009 Tacoma DC
Flip pac: purchased new in Dec. 2012
Torsion bar: Broke in April 2013. Replaced by FRP in April 2013.
Flip pac year or estimated model year: 2012

 

[mattyj]

Truck: 2006 Tundra DC
Flip pac: purchased new in late 2006
Torsion bar: broke in 2012 after a lot of use
Torsion bar 2 acquired in Oct 2014, broke Jan 2015.

 

[tacoluv]

Truck:02 Tacoma
Flippac: purchased new March 2010
Torsion bar: broke October 2014 after moderate use (30times)
Torsion bar 2: purchased in November 2014 after 14 weeks it was delivered - not installed yet

 

[tacollie]

1st Flippac was purchased by 1st owner in 06. I was the second. It lasted till the Flippac was involved in a rollover in 2012. My friend who bought it lived in it for 5 months straight. Between 3 owners the uses are unknown.
Second Flippac installed new December 2013. Broke July 2014 with maybe 10 uses. Supposedly the replacement is on the way to me but I have heard that many times over the last 4 months.
A buddy that bought one used 7 years ago says his average length is about 3 years.


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[mtnbike28]

2 Questions.
1. What does a broken torsion bar look like? How did you know? Loud pop?
2. If the lid broke on a trip, does it close so you can get home? I do so many trips were I open and shut the top a couple of times a day, and now concerned (this site is as bad as Mud making me worry about my 80 series head gasket.)

Didn't Viking Vince use his FP for years with a broken torsion bar?

 

[tacollie]

Ours was a loud pop while driving around town.


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[mtnbike28]

Could you still open and close the top?

Ours was a loud pop while driving around town.


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[tacollie]

You can but it is a lot more difficult.


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[abeaudin1971]

Truck:09 Tacoma
Flippac: purchased new Oct 09
Torsion bar: shortly after the 1 year warranty expired - purchased new replacement from FRP

 

[austintaco]

At this point, it seems that there are more failures for flippacs that were manufactured or purchased in the last 10 years.

Older flippac owners, chime in.

When did Vince's torsion bar break?

 

[inter17]

2002 flip pac
2012 tacoma
original bar broke 3 weeks ago

 

[Rexsname]

Mine is a 1994 made by Six-Pac. As far as I know, it has not been replaced and I have had no problems thus far.

REX

 

[inter17]

Ok,
it's been 4+ months of calling FRP. Still no bar, still no honesty. Has anyone found a viable torsion bar replacement (manufacturer) not a delete?

 

[billy bee]

I'd look for some characteristics in climate as causal factors. I live in Central California. It is a very moderate climate. Never very cold or hot. Rains in the winter. Otherwise very dry. I am beginning to wonder if a more extreme climate is a contributing factor. The bar on my 2003 FP is original and seems fine. (I do have a used spare on hand just in case...)

I wonder if temperature swings from hot to cold and back causes problem? Wet and rainy climates?

Thoughts?

bb