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Not quite understanding the "It's ok" responses. A torsion bar is a highly stressed, heat treated and probably shot peened part. (Not sure about the surface treatment.) ANY wear on the surface is a stress riser and possible failure point. They just aren't that expensive to replace.

I know that we will get a response like, "I reused the worn ones in my car and it is ok..." and that great statistical sample of 1 is not a valid argument. So what if only 1 in 20 t-bars with a-arm wear fail? A 1 in 20 chance of grinding a corner of your car into the ground because of a part that you know is out of spec seems pretty silly.
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