SOLVED: Trouble installing 5100s w/885s

Good stuff man! I've been there lol. I was stuck at that exact same point; I was thinking to myself "do I need a fat person to sit inside the cab" to get the LCA to mate up to the ball joint. Luckily I kept playing with it and got like two threads to bite without stripping, thank goodness, and wrenched it up from there.
I thought that shit was the worst until I went to put the dakars on in the back by myself.. ya hopefully I won't have to do that again.
I'm jealous of your pics. Looks like you got some good places to wheel out there, there really isn't shit out here in SE Ohio.

 

Ha yea man, it's definitely a riddle figuring it out the first time. The second side was much faster. I have not done a full leaf pack in the rear, just an AAL, what's so difficult about it?

I feel you man, I used to live in MI, not much for wheeling out that way.

 

Looks good man, good job

 

@tamer did you end up getting new UCA?

 

I did not, that stock UCA worked fine and I was able to get it aligned within spec. It may end up costing more in the long run (paying for an alignment twice), but I'd recommend trying without a UCA first and seeing if you can get it aligned before getting one.

 

Did you get the alignment right after the lift or waited till the suspension settled a bit?

 

I drove about 100 miles on it, then I put the new wheels/tires on, drove another 50ish, then I got it aligned. It's been 7500 miles and everything still drives straight.

 

Where are those trails at? Look very nice

 

Awesome! Thx