broken torsion bar? what to replace with and how fun is it to do?

Pry the LCA down with a prybar and the torsion bar will go right in.

i have been prying with a nice persuader bar on the pawl for hours and pushing on the wheel assy down.... so close but no cookie... arghh try again in a day or two... maybe if it sits and thinks about what it has done it will have a better attitude the next time i try to get it in.... holy smokes... it will be something silly to get it in eventually i know that.