[200q20v] Control Arm Replacement Help!

[Calvin & Diana Craig]

OK guys, my weekend project was to change the control arms on my TQ.  Well,
everything went pretty well, as well as anything like this ever does, except
for the fact that I can't get the swaybar back through the hole in the
control arm.  Right now I've got one side totally done and bolted back up,
and on the other side I have the ball joint on, I have the frame rail bolt
in but not tight, and I have the tip of the swaybar through the hole; but
because of the fact that the swaybar is "sprung" (i.e. under compression
when it is all bolted together), I can't get enough oomph to push this thing
inboard so that it can get totally through the hole.  I tried pulling it
through with just the washer and the nut that holds the bushing into place,
but as soon as I loosen the washer again it goes right back to the same
place.  Anybody out there have experience with this?  Oh yeah, I forgot to
add that the swaybar mounts to the subframe are loose but not off totally, I
tried taking them off totally but then I couldn't get the swaybar back up to
the body to bolt them on.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
--Calvin