Not a drop spring, so it was a bit tough.
What we ended up doing was pretty much Don's approach. We connected the ubolts, jacked up the frame and then put the spring in. I used a compressor, though that ended up being more pain that it was worth, as the tool got stuck in the pocket, so we ended up unbolting the lower ball joint again, relieving the pressure, removing the tool, and jacking the LCA back up.
The biggest issue was that there wasn't enough weight on the frame, so as the spring compressed it was lifting, rather than compressing. It ended up taking me and my friend, (about 430lbs combined) standing, him on the frame, me directly on the spindle, to get them mated and a nut put on. It was quite the sight seeing two guys standing on a frame, while trying to jack up the LCA, align the ball joint, and get a castle nut on it
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All turned out well though! Doing the other side tomorrow. BTW I ended up moving the LCA forward .5" by redrilling the locating holes. Clears the headers now fine (well at least the side I did).
