AZ BS Thread 2.0

Yeah snow is awesome! Going on an adventure soon!

They're all like "stay home!!! Natural emergency!!!" And I'm like "lol no because 4Runner"

 

spring compressors are free to rent at autozone..

 

I use mine so much I decided to buy a set from autozone

 

Any time you alter the suspension geometry you should do an alignment, pending you care about tread wear (half the time I don't personally lol).

As for the LCA method... it works... I did it with my busted fox and tons of pre-load. One thing I do highly recommend if you do that method... use a jack on the LCA. Slowly loosen the two bolts holding the ball joint side until you get all pressure on the jack (separate the lca with a block of wood to jack). Then ease the jack down.

Note, when loosening the bolts, keep the spindle between you and the coil, so if something happens it won't hit you. When loosening the jack.. stay behind the front bumper for the same reason.


It's a bit sketchy but if you plan it all out.... it's not that bad.

 

yes new alignment. I take it the spacer you are trying to install goes within the strut and not on the tophat? Didn think they still did spacers within the strut assembly itself.

 

Or do it the right way with no risk? It's that or chris4x4 changes your name to el nubs when you lose a finger. Just saying, if its sketch and you have any doubt... Don't risk it. Saving a few bucks isn't worth personal injury.

 

Dont listen to this guy, live on the wild side brotha

 

Ok from what I have read here, I am assuming you are just adding a 1/4" spacer on the top of your coilover between the top hat and the coilover bucket. May just need to do like Phil said and loosen your lower arm bolts to take the bushings out of tension allowing the arm to droop further. If not disconnect the spindle.

 

And because who doesn't love watching a good fight...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH9Y5d2jZgQ

 

I don't know where you get this shit Jason

 

That's what I thought till Jake started talking about spring compressors and what not.

LOL cant tell if staged or not but hilarious. And GOOGLE Jon, the infinite expanses of GOOGLE.

 

Then you dont need to worry about the coil exploding. The strut is one piece, all you got to do is loosen the lowers to get the tension off the LCA bushings to get those struts out.

 

Why not just break the upper control arm ball joint free from the spindle, and do it that way? That's how I've always done it..

 

Because he still needs the lowers to drop out of the way, pulling the upper usually does not allow the upper to drop. Loosening, not removing, the caster and camber bolts will take the tension off the bushings to do so as when they are snugged the vehicle is at ride height on the alignment rack. Thus the allowable movement in the vertical direction of the rubber bushing will only allow but so much when tight and full movement when loose.

 

Just took delivery of my CBI Moab 2.0 front bumper along with Warn M8000-S winch






During bumper install Mike and I will also install my full Pelfreybilt skids that I primed, painted, and coated with Rustoleum spray on bedliner

 

The spring compressor we rented to use on Josh's truck didn't work as it didn't fit into the coils.

 

Yeeuup

Floorjack FTW

 

Lookin good

 

Remove the nuts from the top 3 bolts on the coilover. Remove the 2 bolts on the bottom of the hub assembly that hold the lower arm and spindle together. Loosen lower shock eyelet bolt. Lower the lower control arm. You'll get enough clearance to add the top plate (it goes between the coil bucket and top hat. Reverse steps. Done.

Have done this so many damn times with my truck. Will be doing it again soon once my replacement coils come in.