Help install Toytech Coilovers
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Help install Toytech Coilovers
I have a 2000 taco ex cab and im lifting it three inches using toytech coilovers and all pro leafs. i already have all the stuff and am in the process of doing the front but ran into a problem. i can't get enough travel to bolt the bottom of the shock. I have the adjustable coilovers from them and i have unbolted the sway bar but still can't get enough travel. I was wondering if anyone had any tips of experience doing this anything would help thanks.
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Take your bottle jack that comes with the truck. Place it upside down between the upper control arm and the inner fender well. The top of the jack should be on the upper ball joint bolt/ castle nut. Proceed to "lift" the jack up, thus pushing the suspension downward. That'll give you the room necessary.
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Take your bottle jack that comes with the truck. Place it upside down between the upper control arm and the inner fender well. The top of the jack should be on the upper ball joint bolt/ castle nut. Proceed to "lift" the jack up, thus pushing the suspension downward. That'll give you the room necessary.
Once you have the vehicle back on the ground, re-torque all bolts.
Remember that the suspension was originally torqued at stock ride height.
You also won't have this issue if/when you pop a CV.
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yeah i acutely ended up unbolting the 4 bolts above the lower ball joint which made me get enough room to bolt everything in thank you though for the help.
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When I did mine, I had my brother in law hold onto the washing machine while jumping up and down on the arm until I was able to get it down there to slide the bolt right in. Tough, and probably not the best way to go, but it worked.
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Bottle Jack and rubber mallet. But also run a string to mark where you need to line the top plate to where the bottom mount should sit. Made a huge difference on the second side instead of beating the piss out of it trying to turn and force it in.
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If you line the lower mount bolt perpendicular to a top stud (3 stud) then you'll be fine. Preassembled coilovers will be correct.
Loosening the 4 bolts on the underside of the lower A arm is what I always do as it's easy and safer than getting brained with a bottle jack slipping off a castle nut.
A 6' piece of 3" SCH 80 pipe as a cheater bar comes on handy too for prying things down easily with a 250 lb gorilla on the other end.
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Loosening the 4 bolts on the underside of the lower A arm is what I always do as it's easy and safer than getting brained with a bottle jack slipping off a castle nut.
A 6' piece of 3" SCH 80 pipe as a cheater bar comes on handy too for prying things down easily with a 250 lb gorilla on the other end.
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