ok so i'm doing my front lift and i can't seem to get the arms to fit, either the bottoms go in fine and the tops are too short or the tops go in fine and the bottoms are too long, every time i try pushing or forcing it the coil gets bent all ugly and stuff, i took the old lowers and upper arms off my donor cherokee(87) and they are the exact same length as my recipient cherokee(92) which is STOCK, there just a little beefier which is why i'm so inclined to transfer them over, would it be easier if i took all the arms off of the body and bolted them to the diff' and went from their, or keep them bolted to the body and make the diff' go where it needs to go.. thanks everyone ahead of time for you're input!!

 

How much of a lift?

 

ratchet straps.

 

I say adj arms, then ratchet straps ;-)

 

this ^^^ works like a charm

 

What do you mean ratchet straps what do I do with them I have 2 ratchet straps right now will that be enough or should I borrow some from my buddy?

 

2 better be enough. unless they are dollar store straps

 

Gonna use then to pull the axle in position to bolt up the rest of the arms.

 

Do you know what I could wrap them too??

 

anything. i usually wrap them around the axle tube and to my front bumper d rings, or from around the axle tube to a spot on my crossmember.

 

I had to do crossmember, another person helps too!

 

Or another vehicle

 

Haha, I got to that point! So close, but couldn't do it.

 

I have stock uppers and recently replaced the stock lowers with longer fixed arms. I dont have any ratchet straps so I just took one of the control arm bolts and slide it through the lower control arm mount on the axle. Then I took a cheater bar/ metal tube and slide it between the axle tube and the bolt, when pulling up on the bar the axles caster angle becomes more positive. I put a floor jack under the end of the metal tube and jacked the jack up until one of the lower control arms slide into place. Once one is in place you can remove the jack, cheater bar, and mount bolt and install the other lower control arm.

 

ok great i'll give both methods a try this weekend, thanks everyone... but if my coil is all warped when all 4 arms are mounted is it gonna stay that way?