medium_jay

Hey guys. I just finished my uppers and they went well . Now i am onto the lowers. I have removed the nuts from the drivers side, I have the vehicle supported by the subframe connectors... and the rear end just about an inch above full droop. I have a jack under the control arm for when the arm should drop do to the pressure of the spring. My problem is that the axle pivot bolt (bolt for the end of the control arm, bolt that is attached to the axle lol) will spin but wont come out? It seems like the weight from the spring is just not allowing the bolt to come out? Any ideas? I have played around with the jack to different heights and loads but non such luck. Please someone help me out here! Thanks so much. (No air tools)

Jeff

redpony88

try pushin the diff front to back when it's that low it'll catch like that, i did the rear lowers on mine and i had to move the diff around, you could also try whackin it with a hammer at least till you got it to the threads where it'd catch and spin out

AdderMk2

if you unbolt your rear shocks... you can just pull the rear springs right out

medium_jay

Thanks guys. So I will go with wiggling the diff back and forth and see how that works. Any other suggestions would be greatly appriciated! Thanks a lot for your time. Also, to take off the rear shocks adder, do I just leave the diff where i have it right now and just unbolt the shocks or? This is my first time doing this. Thanks again.

Jeff

1mean5.0

unbolting the shocks is your best bet!!

medium_jay

Hey. Well I took the shock out on the drivers side and the spring is pretty loose is seems. I also took out the pivot bolt connected to the chasis. For some reason, the shock doesn't want to come out, and the other pivot bolt on the axel is still not wanting to come out. Obviously I am doing something wrong here. Any suggestions as to how the spring will come out and what else I can do about getting that one bolt out? Thanks for your time guys.

Jeff