Torsion bar won't come out.

MRGTX said
Snate is right on. A bar coming out doesn't guarantee a smooth ride on the way back in.

I had some moderate difficulty in getting the old bars out but one of my new ones is bound up going back in, stuck 1/2 way.

I've been away from the garage for a few days and I've been contemplating ways to get out of this jam...for whatever reason, lifting under the k-member to reduce flex didn't occur to me until this thread. So...that will possibly do the trick. :cool:

My only worry now is if the hammering on the bar (progressing from a gloved hand to a rubber mallet to a sledge hammer through a piece of hard wood and finally a few good whacks with the hammer directly) may have deformed the hex-end of the bar at all. It certainly wouldn't take much deformation to cause a problem.

push the bar through the rear mounting sleeve, and just get it to start on the LCA sleeve, place a C clamp across the LCA and the torsion bar adjuster, now when you tighten the clamp you rotate the bar. Now you can watch the rear bar sleeve, and tighten the clamp to line the bar up. They are usually off by a few degrees, using the clamp on the adjuster to pull it down, once they are lined up a few hits with with a mallet will set the bars into the sleeve.