Front shocks and springs .

Hope you guys are having a good weekend .
Newbie question , I'm in the process of replacing my front shocks and springs from stock to Eibach with about 2 inches lift , took the old one off , replaced with the new one , secured the top of the shock but can't get the bottom to align with the holes in order to get the bolt on . Any tips or tricks to get the shock to align ? thanks in advance .

 

A big ass prybar helps

 

Disconnect those four bolts underneath next to the lower ball joint for more play
Edit: make sure to hold it up with a jack or something because it’ll want to flop over

 

Disconnect the stabilizer bar bushing, then a medium ass prybar will work

 

Yeah I suppose a big ass prybar would be like a 4 footer. Medium ass should suffice.

 

Ratchet strap from the frame to the lower shock mount. tighten until the holes line up. May be able to use a small ass prybar then.

 

This is what I did. Worked pretty good, and felt safe.

 

Damn bud you saved my day ... been playing around with huge , big , medium ass pry bars with no success . A ratchet strap did the trick , thank you very much !!!

 

Thank you very much fam !

 

finally got the sucker to align

 

Things get more and more interesting LOL

 

That's a modified version of the technique I used, glad it worked for you. I attached the ratchet strap to the inboard portion of the frame at the level of the lower eye of the shock. I used the ratchet strap to pull the shock in towards the frame effectively using the lower A arm as a ramp to guide the eye up into the hole. Your technique of using it to slightly shorten the assembly seems to have worked well also.

 

How much torque were you using on that stud that broke? If it was the prescribed amount (about 83ft/lbs I believe) and it broke, I would probably replace them all. If you just went he-man on it with a breaker bar and it broke, I would probably replace them all, since you've likely stretched them all out and weakened them.

 

Also, I would recommend getting a Lisle stud install tool.

 

Whoa, someone needs to turn down the PSI on their compressor when tightening with an impact wrench or as as another member here might say, “Do not exceed 25 ugga duggas”.

 

I went all in with a breaker bar , I thought it would be overkill but was not expecting it to brake .

 

def went above 25 on that one LOL

 

Probably just got weak overtime.

 

Here's how it's sitting with the Eibachs shocks/springs (bought from 1stgen assembled) .

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/tundra2s-lifetime-project.65626/page-4#post-2149960

Oem part numbers.