DeCaff2007
I'm Awesome
That looks like someone hit it with a cutting torch.
Actually, I was thinking it was an electric cut off wheel.
I can get another from the yard probably pretty easily, depending how much of a PITA the CV axle and upper ball joint wants to be.
So, I'm on to my next impossible mission here. Torsion bars. I've been dreading tacking the job because I ALREADY KNOW that said bar is rusted fast into both the LCA and the key in the crossmember.
Well, I saw a video where a guy drilled a few holes in the key and cracked it open with a chisel. That might have worked for me, had I not broken the drill bit off in the last hole I had to drill . I've tried about everything I can think of for tonight. I might just get up in there with the torch and melt the lower part of the key off. Even that doesn't guarantee that the torsion bar will break loose.
I really DON'T want to cut the torsion bar off. Seriously. I'd actually be more comfortable CUTTING SLOTS IN THE CROSSMEMBER if it meant getting the torsion keys out just that much easier. Then, I can always replace or weld the crossmember back together.
Lastly, once I have the LCA/torsion bar combo on the bench, I can work it much easier.
Ugh......