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just out of curiosity which upper arm was removed?

Good front end alignment. Mike

I gotta go with vintagespeed at least 10 mountiong bolts to the unibody for a bolt on kit. The 10 or so structural pinch seam bolts beat 6 sheet metal screws. Why hasnt someone filled the bolt-on, high-clearance longarm kit market yet? MY .02 Mike

If you dont have a welder your only option is to double nut it. Drop one side down and put the nut back on the stud all the way. Take the nut from the otherside and tighten against the first nut as tight as you can. Back the top nut down which should lock into the bottom nut taking the stud...

Glad I could be of assistance. PS If you havent touched the rear upper shock bolts yet take your time and SLOWLY work the bolts in and out a little at a time with plenty of lubricant to prevent breaking off the heads.

Yes Im talking about the body end also. I install RE stuff for a living and I used to have to do it without the right tools. The body end of the track bar has a bracket that attaches to the unibody using 2 horizontal bolts on the outside and 2 vertical bolts on the inside. Beat on this...

That means you wont b be reusing the track bar right. Beat down on the track bar as far up as you can. Beat it right on the side of the track bar bracket right where the tapered bolt goes through the bracket. Sometimes it takes exactly 3276 hits.

I should of asked sooner, air chisel handy?

Basically its a tapered seat and by beating on it side ways you are pushing the tapered bolt down. The vibrations also help free it. What lift are you putting on?

Im assuming you pulled the cotter pin and removed 3/4 castle nuts. A pickle fork is a rod that looks like a tuning fork used to seperate tapered bolts from seats.. If you dont have one your probably going to have to beat with a hammer. Hit the track bar bracket on the side a few times hard...

Got a pickle fork?

Before I confuse anybody Im the owner of the 4wd shop that is undergoing this information quest. My buddy and I have been batting around this idea for years and are finally slowly moving into it because of 2nd rate suspension companies offering either horrible service or poor products (no...

Spring rate calculator. http://www.cswnet.com/~carother/coil_spring_calculator.htm Crash did you check how many active or total coils in RE 7.5 coil? Wire Dia, active coils, and coil dia are the factors.