There ya go!I built a tool and then one still wouldn't come out. It was easier to cut them off and buy used ones for $100.
Protect the threads!Use a soft hammer or brass drift to prevent damage if your swinging like a wildman
Or pry on the lower arm after doing this, with such as a 2x4Disconnect the strut rod both front and rear front first. Then remove the nut on the front of the control arm pin.
With the torsion bar adjuster backed out and the clip removed from the rear of the torsion bar. Now you should be able to hit the control arm pin and the control arm back out of the K-member thus moving the torsion bar back out of the cross member.
Once this is done and the bar is out of the cross member tap the rear of the control arm front off of the torsion bar. Use a soft hammer or brass drift to prevent damage if your swinging like a wildman.
I have this one. It works but it doesn't play well with Doug's headers.Mancini racing removal tool... lots of penetrating oil and diligence
I went through three sets of bolts but won the war
I guess I know how to use them without leaving marks.. I've seen more scored up hamming away with one of those removal tools.Never grab a torsion bar you want to reuse with a set of vice grips.
Easy enough to make.-A short piece of angle iron and a couple of u bolts. Drill through one flat for the u-bolts. Attach so the 90 degree is hanging down. Whack it with a hammer. I recommend wrapping the bar with tape first.
That's the same type I have. First thing I did was replace the bolts with aircraft grade 10 and it's never failed me.Mancini racing removal tool... lots of penetrating oil and diligence
I went through three sets of bolts but won the war