installing spindles?
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air tools are definatly a plus if you have access to them. I also believe your gonna need a fork thingy to disconnect the lower ball joints (you can rent the tool at autozone). Also your gonna need longer brake lines, or what people do is dissconect it from the frame and move it lower but im not sure. Have fun and take lots of pics
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well i was thinking about getting it done this weekend, but the guy never got the part so he told me he would get it monday. I work full time and then also work evenings at ups, so my time during the weekdays are strapped. I need my truck next weekend so head out to barstow to go camping... blah blah blah. I was just thinking about dishing out some extra $ and just pay the labor to have it done somewhere.
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They're fairly easy. You absolutely have to have a good jack and jack stands. You don't need any special tools unless you're going to replace the ball joints. The pickle forks are fine and well but it screws up the boots on them sometimes. Loosen the ball joint nuts to the end of the stud and take a sledge hammer to the side of the spindle where the ball joint is and it will jar itself loose. Then slowly remove it so you don't kill yourself. When you put the new spindle on put it on the upper ball joint first and start the nut on it and then with that side lifted in the air and the lower control arm under a jack stand lower it until that ball joint goes in the hole and you're set. It's probably 2 or 3 hours a side if you've never done it and you have no clue, but if you've done them before it's a 30 minute job.
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http://www.fabtechmotorsports.com/pd...on%20Sheet.pdf
These are the instructions to that set of spindles. Is the cutting necessary and is there anyone on here that has done it a different way?
These are the instructions to that set of spindles. Is the cutting necessary and is there anyone on here that has done it a different way?
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Nice Lift
My friend put a fabtech left on his truck he did it himeself, I am planning on getting one for my truck...if u dont mind me askin about how much did u pay for it??? The ones I have been looking at with shocks and everything is runnin about 900-1000, Dont know if that is a good price or not. My friend said that air tools are a big plus, it took him about 6 hours to do the whole truck and that was his first time...good luck...but if you dont mind can u tell me about how much u paid so i can get a better idea of what i will be out...
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Originally Posted by Splitfire
30 minutes? That's pretty darn fast John. I've lifted 5 Rangers now and the whole lift takes me ~4-5 hours (rear included). You must be workin' very fast to get done in 30 minutes a side.
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