Broken bolt in front sway bar frame location.

[Glacierskier]

I just now broke a bolt in the passenger side frame (A/C drip zone) where the front sway bar bracket connects to the frame. I have the tools to drill and re-tap in the frame. However, the torsion bar is in the way.

Can I just un-bolt the front of the torsion bar at the carrier and slide it out of the way to make room? I am sure it is harder than the original job. What is the best way to go about this?

 

[Supra88]

Just make a through hole and get rid of the captured nut.

 

[Glacierskier]

I thought of that, Torsion bar is in the way of bolt holes in the frame where half the bolt is seized in place

 

[Sandroad]

The torsion bar is under tension, so you'll have to look up the procedure for removing it. I'm sure there are lots of t-bar replacement threads here on MUD.

 

[jcrandall]

jack up the front, loosen the torsion bar adjustment bolt all the way, make match marks on the front of the bar just in case, then yank/pry the torsion bar rearwards.