That is for a 2WD,

 

Yes, my sig is, "Putts drives a 2002 Xtreme 2WD with 70,000 miles." IDK where it went on this post.

 

Did you make any progress on the control arm bushing replacement?

 

I got a set of upper control arms but I couldn't get the bottom ones off of the torsion bar and the junk yard was closing. I might go back next weekend with a torch.

 

Was there a lot of corrosion between torsion rod and control arm? I remember seeing someone having to drive the torsion rod out, towards the rear.

Does the torsion rod sit in any kind of sleeve or something in the lower control arm? Having never done this, am curious.

 

I am not sure. I couldn't even get the bolts out because of the way they had the blazer propped up at the yard. I completely unloaded the torsion bars but there was still a ton of tension. I got the bolts loose but the tension wouldn't let me pull them out. I am seriously considering just doing the top ones and get it aligned. The bottom ones aren't terrible but the top ones are garbage.

 

Since you want to remove the lower control arm (LCA), looks like the torsion rod does not have to be unloaded at the key end. But the vehicle has to be high enough to allow the LCA to rotate down to unload the torsion rod.
Requires some way of supporting the LCA like a floor jack; the brake caliper needs to be removed, the anti-sway bar down link bolt out, outer tie-rod end and lower ball joint separated, the lower shock bolt removed....then lower the floor jack and the LCA will rotate down. Then unbolt the two LCA bushing bolts; LCA drops down a bit....next is getting the torsion rod out of the LCA.

If the torsion rods are corroded in the LCA, I think the LCA will drop down out of the frame flanges enough to be able to hammer the LCA forward to get the rod out.
You might have to go the route of removing the torsion rod key then hammer the rod towards the rear out of the LCA.

Sounds like fun......