How To: Pre '98 coil spring swap

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  1. finn611

    finn611 happiness is a warm gun

    one of my coil springs broke and had had to swap them out, pretty easy job ( less than 2 hours total ) with the twin I beam trucks. Start by jacking the truck up and getting a jack stand under the frame behind the front tire,
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    then jack up under the axle to compress the spring a little bit, then unbolt the shock and stabilizer,
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    Then you can let the jack down to lower the axle, pop the top of the coils spring out,
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    Then get a nice ratchet or in my case a nice impact, your going to need a long extension and a 1 1/8 socket, i sprayed everything down with PB blaster to help break everything loose, but for these i needed some heat ( i used a little propane torch for plumbing)
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    Then get the ratchet/impact on a give it hell and pop the coil spring out,
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    set the new coil in place and get the retainer and nut back on and tighten the nut back down,
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    Get the top of the spring back into possition and jack the axle back up to compress the coil spring so you can bolt the stabilizer and shock back up,
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    make sure the spring is in the right possition and you should be all set to bolt the tire back up,
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