good and bad about torsion bar removal

A few tips. Did you pull the clip from the bacl of the torsion bar, in the hole that the bar slide out from ?

Also you need to back of the tension from the adjuster (3/4" bolt in the lower control arm) and loosen the lower control arm nut as well.

If you have a air hammer I usually give stuck bars a few quick raps with the dull rounded tip to loosen then.