How to Remove a Torsion Bar From a Truck
- 1). Park the truck and put on the parking brake. Lift the front wheels off of the ground with the jack and put jack stands under the frame, positioned high enough that you can access the torsion bar crossmember in the middle of the vehicle.
- 2). Unbolt the protective cover around the torsion bar crossmember using the 3/8-inch ratchet and socket. Install the torsion bar removal tool around the torsion bar crossmember such that the threaded end of the removal tool is on the torsion bar key. Tighten down the tool with the 1/2-inch ratchet and socket until the tension is off of the torsion bar bolt.
- 3). Remove the torsion bar bolt with the 1/2-inch ratchet and socket. Slowly loosen the torsion bar removal tool with the 1/2-inch ratchet and socket.
- 4). Slide the torsion bar rearward with both hands to release the front of the torsion bar from the lower control arm. Then push the torsion bar towards the front of the truck to remove it from the torsion bar crossmember, aiming the bar underneath the front suspension. Take the torsion bar out from underneath the truck.