It's pretty close in DFW so within an hour or so. If someone is for real interested I can reach out to the owner and go check it out but I'm just a shade trew mechanic so no promises I can see everything
I am a big sissy I guess. I saw a couple spring compressor videos where the springs shot out like a helicopter or like a bullet. I can't imagine losing a finger or hand of even worse to a mistake anyone could make easily.
By the way I got the spring to seat top and bottom pretty easily without a helper by zip tying the bottom of the spring in place and the top really close and then as soon as it started to pinch I gave it a couple soft hits with a rubber mallet and it seated. I watched a guy trying to use a...
I said it wrong the first time by the way I was hitting the bumper on the bottom of the UCA and thought the bushings were what was holding it back. You were 100% right they were not tightened to spec yet.
Yeah good call... The only chain I have is not rated for more than 1200lbs I don't think and hardware store is gonna be $90 for a chain rated to do it... Probably better to put the old spring back on and pay someone to change it with the right tools
I finally got my spring seated in the top pocket and the bottom on the LCA.
I was so happy I started jacking my truck up, put the spindle back on, jacked it up more to connect the upper......
And then I realized the spring is so strong right now it's picking the truck up off of the...
Not gonna lie there is a midget on my shoulder telling me to shave the shims to fit because it's far cheaper and possibly more reliable than the 40 years old bolt in about to pay $100 for
The saga has entered hour 14 of rebuilding my front suspension on a whim......
Squarebody graveyard guy called me back late at night looks like I might be getting the right part in the morning if I play my cards right...
Only problem is I have no way to get there to buy the part :rofl: let's...