stroked88
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Carlsbad NM
Planning out my 3" lift coils up front, bastard pack in the rear. any suggestions, or kinks i should look out for? or even any install tricks?
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3" lift
- Thread starter stroked88
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tbburg
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Scottsdale AZ
Take your upper shock nuts off, disconnect your track bar, and loosen the body side control arm bolts. The front springs will just about fall out when you jack up the frame.
stroked88
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Carlsbad NM
yeah, i already have a 2" budget boost, and had that except for the track bar. i was wondering why one side drooped lower than the other when installing the coil spacers last time ha that explains it
JAS
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI
On the rear...
1) Do not try to remove the main leaf. Most times they do not come loose anyway. Leave the main leaf and build the bastard pack in place.
2) buy 3 new center pins... I always manage to mangle one putting them back together.
3) put a C clamp on both sides of the center pin before cutting it on the old springs. Even with no vehicle weight on the springs there is still a fair amount of energy stored in them. I had a black thumb nail from it.
4) When putting the springs back i use a C clamp on each side of the center pin to pull them together. The center pin is not beefy enough to "pull" the springs together by itself. Just a couple of weeks ago I loosened a c-clamp and that alone pulled the threads off my center pin. I was using a 3/8 center pin and not the 5/16 stock center pin.
1) Do not try to remove the main leaf. Most times they do not come loose anyway. Leave the main leaf and build the bastard pack in place.
2) buy 3 new center pins... I always manage to mangle one putting them back together.
3) put a C clamp on both sides of the center pin before cutting it on the old springs. Even with no vehicle weight on the springs there is still a fair amount of energy stored in them. I had a black thumb nail from it.
4) When putting the springs back i use a C clamp on each side of the center pin to pull them together. The center pin is not beefy enough to "pull" the springs together by itself. Just a couple of weeks ago I loosened a c-clamp and that alone pulled the threads off my center pin. I was using a 3/8 center pin and not the 5/16 stock center pin.
xcm
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Southern Oregon
dont forget to drop your front brake line.
