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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Sahuarita, AZ USA
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For the fronts, I have compressors. If not, then chain them and lock the chain. If not, they can take off on you and REALLY change your looks. Seriously, they can get away and hurt you BAD. The rears, unbolt the shocks and pull them out.
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Member since 2000
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Mountain View Ca / Mexico
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compressors?!?!? for what?
I use to do suspension work and I never used a compressor on coil front ends. I did alot of trucks. if i had to get the job done I didn't even use a jack. Our trucks are cake, just put a jack on the the lower controlle arm brake off the lower ball joint, or which ever you like and slowly lower......done. |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dusty West Texas
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Member since 2000
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Mountain View Ca / Mexico
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good advice, I almost set the jack handle to angle out towards the front
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: WATAUGA,TX
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Just did my sons front springs and they were a piece of cake. No compressor needed, Put the floor jack under the lower a-arm. Backed off both upper and lower ball joints about half way. Smack the side of the spindle where the ball joint is with a big hammer. Lower the floor jack real slow. It was that simple. Heck hardest part about doing the front end was trying to scrape off 30 years of oil and caked on dirt.
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