My current front setup is tundra coils/tokico srtuts w/ one "bamachem" spacer. This matched up perfectly with my rear when I had 891's, but now I have some lower sitting rear Downey coils. Is there any easy way to remove the spacer (maybe I could lower the strut assembly and slide it off?) or am I going to have to just take the whole thing out? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

you might be able to get the suspension to flex down enoug with the sway bar unhoked, but I had to take the lower ball joint bolts aout and pull the strut all of the way out to get at mine.

 

depends on how long your studs are. to be honest i think you are going to have to pull it out.

I cant stress this enough but be careful if you have to disconnect the spindle from the lower BJ, and not strip the bolts, I dont think i stripped them but my runner right now is in the shop, i had a near close call as 3 bolts are missing from both sides, 2 from one side and 1 from the other, make the lower BJ a last resort.

 

ive pulled my lower ball joint bolts at least 10 times messing with the front end and no issues.

blake, were yours rusty?

 

yeah i could see some rust up in it.

Ive pulled it apart 3 times, but i didnt tell them that since it was a lower ball joint recall anyways.

but i dont know how the bolts just fell out. really odd

 

wierd. mine threaded in nice and arent one bit loose.

 

im having to drive a bmw that jolts my ass around, i want my runner back

 

Poor you driving around in a bimmer

 

I have had mine apart dozens of times and never encountered this. IMO, it was not put together properly. You should always use loctite and proper torques specs on these bolts. No exceptions.

Just think of what would happen if it came apart on the highway. You could have killed yourself or worse yet an innocent family. Please be careful with this type of work. Just because you can use a ratchet doesn't mean you should.

 

we put the impact wrench on them and loctite, so they were on there. my bro helped me and he has built 3 drag cars so I kinda respect him when it comes to wrenching.

 

The longer studs go THROUGH the spacer so no "sliding" it off...you are going to have to remove the front strut assembly completely. Realistically it shouldn't take more than about 30 minutes as you don't have to do all that much to get it off.

 

I was just thinking of a way to lower the assembly and then take it off.

 

how much are you looking to get for them? I might want them

 

That's crazy... did they turn out to be stripped? Perhaps they were over tightened with the impact?

 

those 4 bolts dont require alot of torque from what i remember. IIRC, they only called for 13 (or was it 23..? a low # regardless) lbs. i was kinda myself about it and torqued it down to spec w/ proper loctite. no issues so far. perhaps the impact might have stripped em out? dont forget that the size of the wrench needed (14mm in this case i think?) is also an indicator of how much torque is needed. breaking loose w/ an impact..sure, but i wouldnt advise bolting it back in w/ the full power of an impact gun...

 

the others werent stripped that they pulled out, for some reason I think they were rusted out and just fell out. I really dont know, all I know is I hope they get everything straightened and everything is back to normal, i dont want to die nor take any innocent ppl with me.

and i want my truck back. plus soon ill be doing a Camburg or TC LT kit and wont need those bolts depending on what kinda lower BJ those kits use

 

wheres ole bamachem? i bet he'd know...