Anyone have a removal tool for sale? I got the drivers side out no problem with vice grips and a hammer, but can't seem to get a good grip on the pass side one.
Hopefully you didn't gouge up the torsion bar. Torsion bars are just giant springs, and if they're gouged up they can fail when under load. While I haven't seen it myself, I have heard stories of torsion bars exploding due to external damage to the bar.
The best way to remove the torsion bars is to drop the LCA. Once you've lowered it off the spindle and removed the pivot nut you can hit the LCA with a dead-blow mallet to drive the torsion bar out the back. Removal tools are basically just big clamps, and even they sometimes slide and damage the torsion bars.
