First drive after brake upgrade, then - BANG!

if the torsion bar actually turned in the trans crossmember socket, then this will probably happen again and should be repaired before it does, If you unload the torsion bar with the adjuster at the LCA, you can twist the bar back and forth and see if there is serious play inside the socket. You can also slide the bar out the back and see if the hex on the bar is somehow rounded off. Do Not grab the torsion bar with anything that will nick or score the bar as it can lead to the bar exploding under pressure - they make a torsion bar removal tool. If the bar turned, then the adjuster should be unloaded, and I don't see how it could somehow "fix itself". I think that my first step would be to tighten all the front end components to factory torque specs. BE SURE TO TIGHTEN THE LCA PIVOT NUT WITH FULL WEIGHT OF THE CAR ON THE SUSPENSION, otherwise the rubber bushing will end up twisted (wound up) and will fail prematurely. Good luck solving this and please keep us up to date on how it goes and what you find. When problems like this get solved it provides good real world information to all the rest of us!

I doubt this happened, because the sockets are not rusted at all - also, the torsion bars look to be fairly recently installed. Thanks for the heads up about the bushings - I've read this applies to the UCA, as well. As a side note - I drove it to the gas station today, and it handles much better now that the LCAs are riding at the same height. Now, if I could only find the proper power steering brackets...