EMERGENCY Lift Help

jnance50 · 2012-08-25T15:47:13+00:00

So I was going to install the easy Daystar lift. They are just the spacer that sit on top of the springs / coils. I was following the directions and now find myself in possibly a world of trouble. Where I am now: The swaybar is disconnected on both sides where it attaches to the spindle. Most of the brake lines holder brackets are disconnected on the driver side. The 3 nuts are all off the top of the spring are off on the driver side. The bottom shock nut and bolt is off on the driver side. The upper balljoint that connects the upper control arm to the spindle just came undone on the driver side. When the balljoint first let go, there was nothing underneath the spindle - so it kind of fell, I held it long enough to get a jack underneath the brake disc. So that's where I am. The bottom of the shock is sitting outside of it's perch, the top of the shock is down, but still in the tower and the whole thing is stuck. I'm afraid of letting the jack down because I don't know if the cv joint will just pull out or what? Also it seems like there is a LOT of tension on the brake lines so I don't know if it would even come down any further were the jack not there. I turned the whole thing back so that there is as little as possible - but there is still a lot. Will the CV Joint just pull out if I let it down? I don't want to have to deal with that or a ripped boot. I can't get the shock to go back up in the perch and abort the whole thing and I cant get it out to put the spacer on. WTF. HELP!!! What do I do?!

Thread starter jnance50
Start date Aug 25, 2012

TThompson

New member

Sep 2, 2012

Yessir, I got it all buttoned up and I LOVE it. HUGE thanks to JNANCE50 for walking me through a few things over the phone at 10am on a Saturday morning... above and beyond the call of duty.

Now that I have done it, I feel like I could do it all again in a few hours. I think I probably spent 18 or so hours trying to get it to work (yes I am that bad at this stuff) but eventually I got it done. Thanks once again, I just needed some confidence! I am VERY glad that I did this myself rather than pay someone to do it for me and not learn anything.