niburu

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I went through the archive and saw nothing and when I tried to do the advanced search I got a big proxy error.
SO for those of you that have changed your front struts, how EXACTLY did you get the strut back on. I am having a hard time getting the bottom of the strut assembly high enough to meet up with steering knuckle.
And yes the spring is compressed plenty.

Turbonut

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My first response was to compress the spring, but I see you've already done that. The only other item that would hold the lower control arm up is the stabilizer bar. Just remove the lower bolt and let the arm drop down.

niburu

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well I do plan on eventually replacing that as well...(I bought the whole RB suspension package)

Turbonut

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Check PM-It might help

niburu

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The control arm was inded too high, I did finally get it on yesterday, and got the other one on in about an hour.
HOW: I put a floor jack under the control arm and disconnected the sway bar link which then allowed me to lower the steering knuckle assembly into position.
Once that was all bolted up I raised it back into position and reconnected the sway bar.
New problem: the nut on top of the rear strut assembly won't thread all the way down it threads a quarter of the way down and starts spinning the shock shaft and goes no further.
Now what do I do? (Same problem with removal but I used a disc grinder to cut the bitch off.)
I think when I'm all done I'll do a write up on this that includes the socket sizes you'll need too.

Turbonut

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If any part of the shock rod above the nut, use a small wrench or vise grips to hold the rod from turning.

niburu

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I'll give it a try, hopefully it doesn't have the death grip the original did.
Using an impact wrench will void the warranty and so will any mark on the shaft, so I have to be a bit carefull.