Installation of Old Man Emu Lift Kit

[CandyPants]

So yesterday we took a crack at this job. The removing the front strut wen relatively smoothly thanks to Heather's excellent caveats. I got a tie-rod puller and it made quick work of dropping the tie rod. Once I had that and the front sway bar out of the way it was quite easy to shove the strut upwards and then out.

Currently the front strut is over at Pep boys awaiting assembly they couldn't do it for me yesterday!

The rear, on the other hand presented some difficulties. This was mainly because we were too scared/cautious to get it fully articulated. We were trying to emulate the forum write-up and pull out the coils with a pry bar - not the best strategy, IMHO. Once we got over this fear and had the axle fully tilted we could just move the springs in and out by hand.

So, have to brow beat the Pep Boys to do the strut today and reassemble the front!

Sounds like things went well! I am glad that our experience helped!!

Can't wait to see pics!

 

[Quixote]

Sounds like things went well! I am glad that our experience helped!!

Can't wait to see pics!

Uh-oh, looks like I was not paying attention and did not "clock" my lower spring seats. I read up on clocking in this thread below:

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6866

I am assuming the notch on the lower spring seat that they talk about is where the end of the spring sits. Is this correct? If so then the notch is close to the wheel side on the driver side strut and on the passenger side strut it is pointing towards the firewall.

The shock is REALLY hard to turn in relation to the spring - what is the best way to fix this issue? Take the strut off anf bring it back to the shop to get it aligned correctly?