Stuck Torsion Bar, SERIOUSLY stuck
Have you tried remounting the LCA into the K frame, and using the torsion bar tool (or a homemade one) to hammer the torsion bar out?
The one thing I figured out was that removing the strut rods AFTER pulling out the LCAs as a unit is a beeeeeeeeeeyottch.
If the LCA is in the car you might have a more solid base from which to hammer the torsion bar out.
Except, my homemade tools sucked. Don't make them out of wood. If you can make them out of plate steel and some U-bolts like I saw on someone else's thread, or the actual removal tool, and a deadblow hammer, you won't curse as much as I did.
The one thing you don't want to do is hammer or vise grip or heat the torsion bar itself.
Have you tried remounting the LCA into the K frame, and using the torsion bar tool (or a homemade one) to hammer the torsion bar out?
The one thing I figured out was that removing the strut rods AFTER pulling out the LCAs as a unit is a beeeeeeeeeeyottch.
If the LCA is in the car you might have a more solid base from which to hammer the torsion bar out.
Except, my homemade tools sucked. Don't make them out of wood. If you can make them out of plate steel and some U-bolts like I saw on someone else's thread, or the actual removal tool, and a deadblow hammer, you won't curse as much as I did.
The one thing you don't want to do is hammer or vise grip or heat the torsion bar itself.
