cannot get coils compressed far enough
12-30-2010, 09:10 AM
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cannot get coils compressed far enough
I have been trying to put on my coil spacers for some time now and 1st i couldn't get the left coil spacer off but now i can. but i still cannot get it down low enough to put my coil spacers in. any ideas? is it easer to drop front axle and put in that way? do they make bigger coil compressors i have a 6'' lift so however big those coils would be the compressor just doesn't seem big enough.
12-30-2010, 09:44 AM
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Unbolt the shocks at the bottom and take the lower control arms off at the axle, be careful not to stretch the brake hoses.
12-30-2010, 10:15 AM
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I take my track bar off but leave the lower arms on. It works for me not a fan of wrestling to put the arms back in. But that and the shocks and it should come right out.
12-30-2010, 12:36 PM
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12-30-2010, 03:34 PM
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Thanks for the input. Did anyone do it at home? what do i need just two jack stands and a jack or is it more complicated than that.i have two jack stands and one jack is that enough?
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