Recent content by GoIrish89

Honestly, I'm not sure how much difference loosening the valves actually made. Ultimately a 6' pry bar pressing down on the LCA did the trick. (Front edge of the pry bar under the inner part of the LCA and then the bar resting on the outer part, then I sat my fat ass on it. Be careful because...

Cool, thanks. I do have a bit of a lean, but more importantly I'm getting ready to install an Eibach pro truck lift and read that it's a lot easier to install if you loosen these. I had read a couple of horror stories about stripping the shutter valves, but then had someone tell me it was...

And how screwed am I going to be trying to get the rusted one out?

Thanks! Do you know what the bolts on the other component do? I've seen a couple of places that said to loosen those.

I've looked a several threads here and on GXOR on FB, including one I posted that didn't get much traction. I'm confused about which are the "shutter valves" that should be opened 1.5-2.5 turns before installing a lift (or when trying to fix lean) on a 2005 GX470. Some people have said the...