Torsion Bar Removal

PoisonDart74 said

If you have a old bmx bike laying around you can take the handle bar stem off and use it to tap on the bars.

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I bet that would work !
I bought the tool and it works like a champ.
The only down side to a vise grips is that you could gouge the surface and potentially have stress risers where it could fail.
If I was going to re-use them , I'd look for something that won't mar the surface of the bar.
But once they start moving , they pop right out.