Installing my lift

[97moneypit]

I'll be putting in my tundra 5100's, Eibach's, differential drop, LC 8 wraps, and rancho rs5000's tomorrow morning FINALLY. I heard the 8 wraps are kind of a pain to get in so are there any tips that anybody at have to help me out?

 

[Fishwerks]

Rent some spring compressors. And jack the opposite side of the axle up.

 

[white_n_slow]

This may or may not be possible depending on how tall you are, but I actually sat on the brake drum and crammed my body into the wheel well and used my back muscles to force the axle down far enough that the spring would slide in there. I'm 5'7" and it was not comfortable.

The second time around, I did essentially the same thing, only I used a bottle jack between the brake drum and the bump stop. Much easier! Just be careful not to let the bottle jack fly out of there.

I didn't need spring compressors for the rear either time I installed the lift.

 

[Bama_Runner]

Take the sway bar end links loose. Shocks should be loose at the bottom mount. Take one side of the panhard bar loose. Take the bolts loose where the rear brake lines are connected. This should allow full droop. With the rear supported by the frame rails or the trailer hitch you should be able to push one side at a time down farther. The biggest problem I had was getting the bolt back in for the panhard rod. I finally got it by jacking up the drivers side only. Some people have been successful using a bottle jack in between the frame and the rear end to push it over and get the bolt in.

 

[txbonds]

Take the sway bar end links loose. Shocks should be loose at the bottom mount. Take one side of the panhard bar loose. Take the bolts loose where the rear brake lines are connected. This should allow full droop. With the rear supported by the frame rails or the trailer hitch you should be able to push one side at a time down farther. The biggest problem I had was getting the bolt back in for the panhard rod. I finally got it by jacking up the drivers side only. Some people have been successful using a bottle jack in between the frame and the rear end to push it over and get the bolt in.

Pretty much what I ended up doing to get the rear springs in on my Sonoran 1.2 lift. Once I finally disconnected everything I used my floor jack to lower the diff/axle down with frame on jack stands and then pushed each side down by hand to wedge them in before jacking the axle/diff back into place.