Replacing front struts need help

@Crikeymike made a nice video on strut replacement here:

 

that's what I did, best money I spent

 

I don't know why they suggest that way, it requires removing more parts than I see necessary

 

Boom

 

All done on both sides. Just need to tighten everything up. Really struggled on the passenger side but once I got the hang of it the other side was a breeze.

just need to tighten everything up tomorrow as I ran out of light.

thanks for all the tips and encouragement. To the doubters i proved you wrong! Haha jk no hard feelings, I was close to giving up at one pt, but I pushed forward.

On to the cv axles lol

 

Good job! Sorry to bring this up but you really should address that castle nut on the ubj before you call it complete.

 

Good on you for working through it!

 

agreed but for another day

 

And the front sag is gone

excuse the dirty hand prints lol

 

Don't forget to tighten your LCA, uca and lower shock bolt at ride height! Those bushings like to bind if tighten when jacked up.

 

One last note - I’m shocked noone else has chimed in with this as it makes peoples ocd twitch...our trucks do not have struts. We have coil over shocks, a strut by definition is not the same. Vehicles that use struts do not have upper control arms and the strut is an actual structural part if the suspension.

https://help.summitracing.com/app/a...erence-between-shocks,-struts,-and-coilovers?

 

We know just not really relevant in this thread.

 

if your LCA was giving you that much trouble pushing it down/up, then your cam bolts might be frozen. Id recommend cutting them out, and replacing the whole LCA and new OEM cam bolts and use lots of anti-seize!