Shock install trouble..

Yep

And he needs the jack stands on the frame and the floorjack on the opposite side he is trying to attach.

 

4" longer ones: All-Pro, Wheelers, and Trail Gear are the same company.

 

Well there’s your problem

 

Jack stand under the frame, not the axle.

 

thanks for the tips. im gonna get the extended brake lines then go for it again.

 

Loosening the leaf shackle lower bolt may give you additional droop. Though beware it's very tight from the factory. I had to use a 24" breaker bar on mine. Impact wrenches aren't effective because the long bolt flexes.

 

the brake line isnt a thing you hold off on. with stock brake line your one pot hole or big bump away from ripping your brake line off and loosing brakes.

 

Is it normal to have to get this much droop when installing shocks?? seems gnarly to have to drop it so much just to get the shock on. but ill give that a shot. thanks dude

 

The shock is fully extended, the suspension needs to be at full droop. otherwise you have a lot of travel that is missed.

Not sure why thats gnarly?

 

i just have to ask, was dropping the axle and supporting the truck by the body not obvious?

 

I hear ya. Im just new to this and installing the eibach you could just push it up into place. first time buying performance shocks let alone installing them myself. Trying to learn as I go. thanks for the insight.

 

As long as your brake lines and ABS wires aren't stretched

 

You could always use the jack to compress the shaft and a screw driver to align the eye and mount then pop the bolt in. I had to do something similar for my front end because I was too lazy to drop the lower control arm

 

If it was so obvious to me dont you think I would have done it lol

 

Technically, these shouldn't be installed until you have the taller bumpstops installed. You'll bottom out on the shock body. @AccuTune Offroad

 

I have the same shock in the Fox 2.5 Version from them as well with Icon Rtx set up at option 3, looking forward to seeing your end results with your set up. I been Thinking that shock might be overkill.

 

This seems like it should of been the first step to be honest.... Replace the things that will be at their limits with the new suspension before you install the suspension.

Thats like putting 35 inch tires before even lifting the truck..

 

Pfft... it's not like brakes are that important!

 

Just use a ratchet strap to compress the shock and throw it on. It’s not that hard if you don’t want to droop the suspension all the way.

I have to do this every time I have my read shocks off and I have a hell of a lot more shock to compress than you do.