by LethalEthan » Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:31 pm
ok, that link took to long to load so I didnt wait for it. They way I did it was to have the truck up on jackstands, take a floor jack and put it right under the bottom control arm, close to it but not touching. I mean maybe a 1/4in below it. Take the lower ball joint nut off, you may have to remove the strut bar and sway bar its been a while since ive done this. Now, once you have everything disconnected and the jack in place, take a good mallet, hammer, whatever your choice of beating device and smack the side of the spindle nice and hard where the ball joint goes up through. It may take a couple hits and you might need some penetrating fluid (pb blaster, wd40 whatever) DO NOT hit the ball joint stud you could damage it. Only hit the spindle. Now this spring is going to have some serious pressure on it. The purpose of the jack is to catch the control arm when it drops, also keeping the spring compressed in the truck so it doesn't fly out and kill someone. After you have the control arm dropped onto the jack, you can slowly lower the jack until the arm drops all the way, then bam your spring is out. Assemble in reverse order.
PS. Its a good idea to use a chain or something and chain the spring to the control arm through the shock hole in the bottom just for an extra safety measure.
PPS also make sure you have the shock removed. Im gonna move this to the proper section and maybe a few others will chime in as well