Umm...removing the rear springs was a PAIN

[quicksilvr]

I was completely under the impression that R&R of the rear springs was pretty dang easy. It was not. Here is what I did, and here is what happened.

Jacked up truck, removed both rear wheels. Removed lower shock mount bolts. Removed pan-hard bolt on driver side. Removed sway bar end links.

At that point, I thought the axle would easily come low enough to pull the springs. HECK no. I would have snapped my brake line (and my diff breather tube) in half if I went that low. I ended up using spring compressors (because I had them) and it took myself and my dad to get the springs back in with the spacers. Jack under the diff, him standing on the top of the drum pushing it down and me working it back with (with the spring compressors on it).


Did I do something horribly wrong? Was I supposed to disconnect the brake line? Everyone makes it seem like a 10 minute job, and it easily took us 2 hours. Granted I broke an endlink bolt because it was rusty and seized and we had to cut it off.....but still. And we have tools and have been working on cars for years and years.

 

[Elton H]

u could jack up the other side i got tall 8wrap lc coils in with out issues

 

[steezemcqueen]

yeah jack up the opposite of the axle to pivot the other side down

 

[quicksilvr]

yeah jack up the opposite of the axle to pivot the other side down

Sometimes it's the obvious things that hold us up......:rockthrow:

We only had one jack handy, and it was under the diff to raise and lower the axle...because of that I didn't think about blocking the diff up and using the jack to raise each side which would flex the other side out. Oh well. Next time.

 

[juiceboxer]

yeah jack up the opposite of the axle to pivot the other side down

Thats the seceret! Hey, look on the bright side, luckily you had some spring compressors on hand, and you got to spend some quality time with your dad!:thumb3:

 

[Elton H]

well theres your problem you should of had it on jack stands

 

[quicksilvr]

well theres your problem you should of had it on jack stands

You mean jack stand...singular right? You can't exactly tip the axle if it's got two stands under it. I figure we should have put one jack stand under the center of the diff and I probably would have never made this thread....:nicethread:

 

[steezemcqueen]

You mean jack stand...singular right? You can't exactly tip the axle if it's got two stands under it. I figure we should have put one jack stand under the center of the diff and I probably would have never made this thread....:nicethread:

i think he means you want the frame on jackstands

 

[quicksilvr]

i think he means you want the frame on jackstands

Oh. Well it was from the very beginning...dunno how else ya'd hold the truck in the air. :lookout:

 

[steezemcqueen]

Oh. Well it was from the very beginning...dunno how else ya'd hold the truck in the air. :lookout:

yeah. i only had one floor jack but i didn't unbolt the panhard bar so the axle just hung there while moved to either side

 

[Elton H]

ya jack stands make it so much eaiser

 

[topdown4runner]

When I did mine, I left the tire on the side I was replacing the spring on and left the opposite side still attached to the shock. The added weight helped a lot for the droop.

 

[Patsawasy]

When I did mine, I left the tire on the side I was replacing the spring on and left the opposite side still attached to the shock. The added weight helped a lot for the droop.

I like that. I am almost glad that my lift is backordered right now. It gives me three more weeks of ideas like this to make my life easier once it comes.

 

[kregg]

In the words of Homer Simpson......


DOH!!!!

 

[Elton H]

I like that. I am almost glad that my lift is backordered right now. It gives me three more weeks of ideas like this to make my life easier once it comes.

i could always come help you i like to drive my truck

 

[Patsawasy]

i could always come help you i like to drive my truck

Thanks for the offer Elton, but the instal is happening in Port Townsend Washington. My brother has better tools and access to a a garage! It would be quite the journey. Happy to go test it out with you once its in.

 

[quicksilvr]

In the words of Homer Simpson......


DOH!!!!

Hahahaha, that's pretty much how I felt.