Help I’m stuck! Bilstein 5100 install

Instead of disconnecting sway bar, Loosen the main UCA bolt (you will need to anyways see below) and droop out the tire on the other side.

You ABSOLUTELY need to loosen ANY bolt that has a BONDED rubber bushing after install AT RIDE HEIGHT so that the bushings are rotated properly. That means, once together and the truck has wheels on and is on the ground the main UCA bolt, both LCA to frame bolts and lower shock bolt be LOOSE, bounce the truck a time or to THEN tighten those bolts.

 

Disconnect the say bar and use a long pry bar to compress the uca down while jacking lca.
But must put stands under the frame on both sides.

 

Thanks everyone. All I had to do was push down on the rotor and align the lower control arms.

appreciate the advice. We have extra jacks and supports, appreciate the concern.

 

OP, when you swap the other side follow these steps as others have offered up:

1. take a paint pent or marker (not black) and index your lower control arm cam bolts then loosen them.
2. loosen the UCA bolt slightly.
3. disconnect the sway bar.
4. now unbolt the lower ball joint.

 

Too many steps..
Undoing a bolt joint at uca is the easiest and fastest way. Nothing else needs to be loosen. Just need proper tools and get familiar with the process before wrenching .

 

100% sway bar

 

Yep. Removing sway bar is a must. Opens up the space and speeds the process

 

I am more interested in how you got the strut in there without touching the sway bar.

 

Loosen the bolts in the LCA and lift the truck up high enough it’ll come straight on down.

 

Been in that same spot twice. Once installing 6112’s then again swapping out the front diff.

 

Don’t need to remove the sway bar y’all

 

It's just easier, I do it because its one bolt per side.

I also loosen the UCA bolt now and it makes it waaaaaay easier to bolt the ball joint up again. But you don't have to.

 

I would def point out like how someone else did about your steering rack. I would look into it

 

Be careful loosening the LCA cam bolts. If the sleeves are rusted and you start swinging the arm around, the eccentrics will flatten the alignment tabs on the frame

Everything can be done by just removing the sway link

 

You have the same problem I've had when I installed mine. Used pry bar put above control arm hook to coil spring and push it down, and have another person put on the bolts.

From what I've learn that I had too much pre-load, so what I did was lower one notch and had no problem.

 

Those were bushings from the original set

 

Thanks. I had already done this but needed to push the rotors down to align the LCA bolts

 

The swaybar doesnt need to be disconnected to replace the coilover nor does the tierod or upper control arm need to be removed or loosened. Ive done it multiple times

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr0v63Q7CQs