Installing lift..spring compressor

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Dec 14, 2012 | 06:05 PM

#16

ryan8551226

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From: Plymouth, MN

Year: 2001

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0 L

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Originally Posted by 1998xjspt

Yeah I'm down to do it without compressors but Ima need to know exactly how. I'm not trying to blow my jaw off trying to take a spring out.

The point is that the spring will not be under tension because there is no weight on it since the jeep will be jacked up.

Dec 14, 2012 | 08:55 PM

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BRN2KL

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From: Elizabethtown, KY

Year: 92 XJ (RIP)

Model: Cherokee

Engine: I-6

all good advice. I like dropping the LCA's and disconnecting the sway bar and shocks. Worked for me. Oh and the brake line from the body

Dec 15, 2012 | 07:38 AM

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1998xjspt

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From: Orlando/Winter Garden

Year: 1998

Model: Cherokee

Engine: I6

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Originally Posted by tobtech

I just installed RE 3.5 springs on my '98 a week ago. Here is what I did, I had a spring compressor and did not use it;

driver's side:
removed shock and sway bar links
pulled out spring, inserted new spring

passenger side:
removed shock
track bar (axle side)
unhooked tie rod at the spindle
pulled out spring, inserted new spring (I had to use my rubber mallet to persuade passenger side a little, if I would have unbolted the LCA maybe the mallet would not have been needed)

I shall be trying this!

Dec 15, 2012 | 10:13 AM

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Tom95YJ

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From: SLC, Utah

Year: 1999

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0L

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Originally Posted by Lead Foot

We just remove the shocks, lift up the front of the jeep, and take off the lower control arms. Take off the tires, and let the axle down to the floor. You will have plenty of room to get the springs on.

^ this , I had access to a lift this is what I did