Got one side done over the weekend. Amazing what a little benzamatic torch will do. Once I heated the little roll pin I was able to push it out. This allowed me to move the torsion bar forward enough to drop the key out. I caught the devil sliding the torsion bar back, took a 5# sledge hammer to move it back a 1/4”, man that was a PITA.

Anyway, got one side done, really not sure if I’m going to do the other though. I didn’t notice before starting on it but the stock keys had been cranked up all the the way which left about 1/2” in between the upper control arm and the top bump stop. With the new keys cranked in I was only able to gain about another 1/2” which left me 1/4” between uca and bump stop. This pretty leveled out the front because the other side was already 1/2” higher.

Now I could shave the bump stop to get a little more key cranking room but not sure if I want to do that.

Any opinions on shaving the stops are welcome?

Thanks for all the reply’s.

BTW, the bearing that the drawings referenced was actuall just an oversized fat washers for the key bolts to ride on.

Yea, I think I’ll just leave it alone and not press my luck.