Lift/Suspension Tutorial?!?
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Ok dont laugh...
So i was watching the Lucky 8 video for the 21st time and the thought struck me, that i dont know for sure how i would get the towers out after the truck is up on stands. Do you just jack it back up, remove the stands, lower it, remove the towers, jack it back up and reapply the jack stands? Or do you guys skip the stands all together and just use a rolling jack and a bottle jack?? I know this is some basic crap but i have never used jack stands and it seems to me that it would be way easier to skip them?
So i was watching the Lucky 8 video for the 21st time and the thought struck me, that i dont know for sure how i would get the towers out after the truck is up on stands. Do you just jack it back up, remove the stands, lower it, remove the towers, jack it back up and reapply the jack stands? Or do you guys skip the stands all together and just use a rolling jack and a bottle jack?? I know this is some basic crap but i have never used jack stands and it seems to me that it would be way easier to skip them?
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Thanks! See that i why i need to vet out these stupid ideas that are floating around in my head! So you just leave them up on the stands the whole time? You just put the stands on the frame itself or is that a spot for them on the frame that i dont know about? That isnt too tall to work in the engine bay? What size stands do you need (I will have to pick up a set?) What do you need to move/take apart in the engine compartment to get the towers out? Also when removing the sway bars is it easier to remove the top or the bottoms or does it matter?
Last edited by RjBu; 05-07-2010 at 09:21 PM.
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yes, you leave the truck on the stands. never work on a suspended truck with only jacks. you put the jack stands under the frame.
you need to download the RAVE manual asap. it shows you where to put the jack stands. it gives you instructions on the spring install (tower removal). it shows you how to pull off the sway bars.
i have to say, though, that from your post....you might think about paying someone to do the labor. especially if you dont have an experienced partner to help. doing the job by yourself with little experience would be quite an undertaking...
you need to download the RAVE manual asap. it shows you where to put the jack stands. it gives you instructions on the spring install (tower removal). it shows you how to pull off the sway bars.
i have to say, though, that from your post....you might think about paying someone to do the labor. especially if you dont have an experienced partner to help. doing the job by yourself with little experience would be quite an undertaking...
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Hey hey now, I am asking so i can do it right. I do have the RAVE manual and they only adress lifting and stand on the axel or "longitudinals". I wanted to see if anyone had an "insight" on stand points and whether the tops or bottoms of the sways are easier to dis/reconect. All questions that would lead me to work smarter, not harder.
Last edited by RjBu; 05-07-2010 at 10:55 PM.
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