How bad did I drop the ball?

Make sure the adjuster all the way loose, make sure the clip is removed from the rear of the torsion bar, remove the big nut where the lower control arm goes through the k member, remove the nut from the strut rod, hold a piece of wood against the LCA stud where it comes through the k member and whack the wood with a hammer. I'm assuming that the LCA is already unbolted from the spindle. The whole assembly should slide toward the rear of the car. Easy as pie. He needs to remove the LCA anyway. Slide the LCA and torsion bar backwards, and then separate them.