gatorbait

Hey everybody just got a new set of shocks but while installing the front the shocks came in like this...... but that silver piece doesn't fit at all thru the hole after oiling it up and everything. When it got somewhat all the way in the bushing looked as it definitely shouldn't. Help please!!! I know this is probably so simple but I'm so lost here haha

brookhart63

Step 1. Put the bushing end in vice.

Step 2. Grab BFH.

Step 3. Bang evil silver piece into bushing.

Step 4. Drink beer.

It goes in. My RC shocks came with them in and i did not need them so i banged um out. Bushings are A OK.

gatorbait

put in ice?!? and whats bfh?

4x4cherokeexj

Lol a vice like a big clamp BFH is a big f__ing hammer
Lube it up and pop it in :P seriously. used oil or wd40..

dogger15

Big bleeping hammer

I need to get two new of those peices so I have some spare front shocks

Or just pull them outta my shocks from my 3" lift either way

gatorbait

really? i was thinking about that earlier but i thot id snap the bushing in half or something and then wouldn't be able to wheel for like a week. Great thanks everyone...also any tips to install new shocks up front? at home with a jack...tryin to install a 3.5in lift shocks

Metmknice

Remove current shocks, install new ones. Nothing difficult about it.

D-V-S

I just put the skyjacker 8000 in my 5" lift all 4 was a pain in the *** I used sop and beat the hell out of my hands took around 5 hours sucked

Agent_Oragnge

but funny... if you can't fix it with a BFH, then it's an electrical problem.

caged

or get some BPE or Bar Pin Eliminators.

you can actually use your discarded rear sway bar brackets as BPEs.

gatorbait

HAHAHA right....hours later....a spring compressor later... springs finally went in. The new springs were like double and incredibly hard to compress enough to slide right in! I meant to say tips on spring install, my bad haha

dogger15

easy way instead of using a spring compressor is just disconnect the tb

OOdynamite

That made me laugh, good one

HiDefXJ

To replace my springs:
I jacked up the axle, put the wheel opposite the spring I was removing on a wheel ramp, then lowered the jack all the way down. The opposite side of the axle stayed up while the side I was working on dropped. All the spring needed then was a little nudge from a 4 ft wrecking bar (crow bar) and sprooiiinng.....out.

Agent_Oragnge

He said to remove SHOCKS. nothing mentioned about springs.

Shocks for me were in and out in 10 minutes max for each.
Springs were a adventure in Profanity.