Cheapest place for torsion bar removal tool/clamp?

furyus2 said

Take off the upper control arm bumpers first. They do keep some tension on the bars. Then loosen the lower control arm nut. Remove clips at the rear of the bars. Pry the Lower control arm to the rear. The bar will come out. The removal of the upper control arm bumpers is the key.

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I always just separate the spindle from the lower ball joint. Pull the shock, drop the tie rod end and the spindle off the ball joint, disconnect the sway bar if you've got one, and take the nut off the end of the strut rod. It totally frees the LCA, no tension on the bar from any suspension components hanging on it, and the bar usually slides right out.

It sounds like a lot, but it usually takes me less than 10 minutes to pull all that stuff. It's what, two cotter pins and 7 nuts? Piece of cake. And by disconnecting all of it you don't have to worry about any of that stuff getting moved, just hook it back up and set it to the same ride height and you're good to go. And if you're doing a suspension rebuild, all that stuff has to come off anyway. If you're not, then all that stuff should already be in good condition, so it'll be fast.