Torsion bar Removal Technique

I decided to finally swap out my /6 Torsion bars for a set of 890's I picked up last year. I made my own removal tool from some angle iron and after doing all the normal preparation it worked fine for the passenger's side but when I tried it on the driver's side the bar wouldn't budge no matter how hard I pounded.

Finally I got the bright idea of wrapping one of my motorcycle tie downs around the bar in front of my little tool and hooking a comealong to the tie down and and another tie down I put over the rear and in line with the torsion bar.

All it took were a few clicks and the bar popped right out. Think I'll do that right at the beginning next time -- it was almost too easy.
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