Torsion bar adjuster HELP ASAP! please Options

[tweeter]

here is what i started with...it was stripped and wouldnt even turn...so i was told to cut the top and bottom off the bolt and the cap would come off, replace cap and bolt...

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well i cut the top off the bolt and the cap SPRUNG LOUD as hell up, this thing is under crazy pressure i think, what do i do?

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[Eric_Shea]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I, once again, find myself agreeing with Sasquatch (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Here's what I would do first:

1. MAPP torch the crap out of that cap and try to pry it out with the appropriate pry bar. (don't smoke your bushings though...) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

2. If that fails I would notch the front cover that Kevins is showing you with a Dremel and a small cut-off wheel. Then stick a flat blade screwdriver in there and pry off that cap. Then get a suitable drift and punch the torsion bar back far enough to get the cap off the other end.

I'd try #1 first because with the torsion bar stuck in the slots, it's affording you a certain amount of leverage to get the cap off if it's rusted. If you heat that adjuster cap it shoudl move with the right pry bar.