I was in this same situation, then at a friend's recommendation, I purchased an Air Hammer. After soaking both ends of the Torsion Bars overnight, using 120 PSI from my Air Compressor connected to the Air Hammer, 10 seconds a side on the Torsion Bars from the rear and both keys were out.
Just wanted to give an update. This method WORKED for me on both the passenger and driver sides. I didn't attempt to drill the keys until I was confident the torsion bars were loose in the lower control arm. After drilling the holes and chiseling as much material out as possible, I still had to add some heat and I put the torsion bar removal tool back on and cranked on it putting as much stress on it as I could, then releasing it. This combination made it so I could hit the torsion keys out easily. Thanks for the video, I don't think I would have got these off otherwise.
Holy shit! I just did this this morning! Last week I spent 18 hours trying heat soak heat soak bang bang bang and no even a hair. Said screw it and split the keys! Wish I saw this last week instead of racking my knuckles, elbows, head and brain.. so I’m not posting mine! THIS IS THE WAY!!
I am in the process of doing this now on my 2005 Silverado. How were you able to get the new key in? Were you able to move the torsion bar forward towards the front of the truck? The torsion bar is badly rusted into the control arm on my truck and I am afraid I won't be able to move the torsion bar forward enough to allow me to put the new key in. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Mine wasn’t rusted in the control arm. If you spray some on blaster in there, a Couple Hits with a good hammer should loosen it enough to get the key in. Hope this helps. And good luck!
@@marknumerounogoog Yeah I had to unbolt the crossmember and keep pulling and twisting towards the rear of the truck to get it to free at the control arms. the crossmember kept hitting the evap stuff in font of the gas tank on the driverside. I wouldn't have been able to get the new keys in if the torsion bars didn't come free from the lower control arms
Just checking that you didn’t have any problems getting the second torsion key off. I’m in the same situation. I have hammered on this for over two hours, I’ve had an air hammer and heat. I’m going to keep going for another hour but if not I want to try this method. Before that. I just wanted to make sure there were no other issues. Thanks
Valid question. I did this on both sides. One side I hammered about 20 times. The other was quite a bit more. I think the difference was the spacing of the holes. The side where the 2 holes overlapped more, I had to hammer more. If I were to do it again, I’d drill bigger holes to get more material out.
Save yourself a lot of time and cussing and get a $15 air hammer from harbor freight. It will drive the most stubborn bar out. Also handy for axles and wheel bearings.
Dude I Feaken Love You!!!! 🥰🥰🥰 I'm doing keys on a 95 from Northern Missouri and they rusted to f*ck!!! I'll let you know how it goes for me tomorrow!!!!
So it worked!!! One key was out in 15 mins.... Other 13 hours.... Had to remove cross member to remove and install new keys.... That bars are stuck in the lower cross member....
I was in this same situation, then at a friend's recommendation, I purchased an Air Hammer. After soaking both ends of the Torsion Bars overnight, using 120 PSI from my Air Compressor connected to the Air Hammer, 10 seconds a side on the Torsion Bars from the rear and both keys were out.
Just wanted to give an update. This method WORKED for me on both the passenger and driver sides. I didn't attempt to drill the keys until I was confident the torsion bars were loose in the lower control arm. After drilling the holes and chiseling as much material out as possible, I still had to add some heat and I put the torsion bar removal tool back on and cranked on it putting as much stress on it as I could, then releasing it. This combination made it so I could hit the torsion keys out easily. Thanks for the video, I don't think I would have got these off otherwise.
Cool! Glad you got them out.
Holy shit! I just did this this morning! Last week I spent 18 hours trying heat soak heat soak bang bang bang and no even a hair. Said screw it and split the keys! Wish I saw this last week instead of racking my knuckles, elbows, head and brain.. so I’m not posting mine! THIS IS THE WAY!!
I am in the process of doing this now on my 2005 Silverado. How were you able to get the new key in? Were you able to move the torsion bar forward towards the front of the truck? The torsion bar is badly rusted into the control arm on my truck and I am afraid I won't be able to move the torsion bar forward enough to allow me to put the new key in. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Mine wasn’t rusted in the control arm. If you spray some on blaster in there, a Couple Hits with a good hammer should loosen it enough to get the key in. Hope this helps. And good luck!
I removed the cross member and slid it back never had to remove the bars from the control arms
@@marknumerounogoog Yeah I had to unbolt the crossmember and keep pulling and twisting towards the rear of the truck to get it to free at the control arms. the crossmember kept hitting the evap stuff in font of the gas tank on the driverside. I wouldn't have been able to get the new keys in if the torsion bars didn't come free from the lower control arms
Just checking that you didn’t have any problems getting the second torsion key off. I’m in the same situation. I have hammered on this for over two hours, I’ve had an air hammer and heat. I’m going to keep going for another hour but if not I want to try this method. Before that. I just wanted to make sure there were no other issues. Thanks
Valid question. I did this on both sides. One side I hammered about 20 times. The other was quite a bit more. I think the difference was the spacing of the holes. The side where the 2 holes overlapped more, I had to hammer more. If I were to do it again, I’d drill bigger holes to get more material out.
Save yourself a lot of time and cussing and get a $15 air hammer from harbor freight. It will drive the most stubborn bar out. Also handy for axles and wheel bearings.
Dude I Feaken Love You!!!! 🥰🥰🥰 I'm doing keys on a 95 from Northern Missouri and they rusted to f*ck!!! I'll let you know how it goes for me tomorrow!!!!
So it worked!!! One key was out in 15 mins.... Other 13 hours.... Had to remove cross member to remove and install new keys.... That bars are stuck in the lower cross member....