You dont really need spring compressors, jack up your first side under the control arm, pull the wheel, grab a hunk of chain and run it through the spring and the hole in the lower control arm and secure it, I use a lcok, this will prevent the spring from taking your head off incase the jack lets go, now jack the frt up more once the spring wont compress anymore on its own you should be safe to start unbolting the upper ball joint, when thats done two bolts on the frame holding the upper to it, make sure you pull the shims out and relace them the same, if you dont you will have alignment issues, one those two bolts are out you pan wiggle the upper control arm off, remove the center bar, press the bushings out and then back in and reverse, oh and soak every nut and bolt you need to the night before so you dont struggle you can use the spring compressor if you want, I can say I never have but to each his own, good luck and let us know how bad you busted your knuckles, lol
jim
Friday, February 23rd, 2007 AT 3:38 PM