torch offroad lift help

I am working on installing a front 2 inch lift spacer we got the spring off. We have a spring compressor and still struggling to get the spacer in spring back on. For some reason you have pressure on where the shock rests at the bottom, so you have to push it down and then try and shove the spring up in the place with the compressor on.

 

So I'm a 2nd gen but if there's any sway bars or shocks still attached I'd unbolt them temporarily. Sometime I've even seen the lower lossened but it'll obviously mess with the alignment ( which you'll need anyways after)

 

big help thanks