Removing Control Arm

[Redguy]

I'm trying (seemingly in a fruitless effort) to replace the ball joints on my 94 K-1500 Suburban. I've got everything apart but can't remove the rivets from the ball joints. So the plan was to take the control arms off and take them into a local machine shop to have the ball joints removed from the control arm. However I can't get the torsion bar out of the lower control arm! I have the tension from the bar released the control arm unbolted however the torsion bar will not come out of it's socket, even with putting a puller on it trying to push it out. Any suggestions? I'm really pulling my hair out with this project, nothing has gone the way it should.

[Mr. Smith]

You still have tension on it is why the torsion bar will not come out. I'm sure you removed the bolt out of the key for the bar adjustment and slid the key off the back side?