Installing Front Coils/LCA's..help needed..

[musclecarmatt]

Hey guys...well i just got my rear DSE springs in and about start with my new DSE front coils and tubular LCA's....whats the easiest way and safest to remove and install them??.....i got an idea but if someone could get me a rundown on it....i appreciate it...

Matt

[quarterbooty]

The easiest way and safest way are two different methods. I'll give you the safest. Before I compress the spring, I usually break a ball joint loose from the spindle so I don't have a compressed spring getting rattled around anymore than it needs to. Loosen one of the ball joints nuts a couple of threads. Do NOT take the nut all the way off! Use a pickle fork to break the ball joint free from the spindle. Since you left the nut mostly on, the whole assembly can't fly apart. Remove the shock, and compress the spring using an internally installed spring compressor. You can rent one at most part stores. It's a pain in the ass to get the fingers on the coils and keep it from falling out during installation, but you'll get it eventually. Compress the spring until you can move it freely around in the pocket. Finish loosening the nut on the ball joint that you broke loose, and the lower control arm will drop allowing you to pull the spring out. Decompress the spring carefully, and the danger is over. Installation is the reverse of this process.