gentz002

soooo ive been working all day to install my boss lift kit.

finally got the coil set and bolted to the upper housing and the lower part of the coil in place..

no im trying to jack the A-arm up to reconnect the spindle to the UCA which is where the problem is arising..

when trying to jack that up its lifting the entire side of the truck, the coil/shock is not compressing at all..

any ideas would be fantastic.

ddeevers

Post a picture of where the jack is at and the front assembly so we can see whats going on

gentz002

Nvidiator

Can you loosen the spring tension by moving the retaining cup at the bottom of the spring? It looks like you should be able to rotate the cup to loosen the tension.

ddeevers

The lower part of the shock bolted to the lower control arm? That's not the problem but for safety. It looks ready to go up, is the coil over adjusted for what amount of lift? Also you will have to pry down some on the upper arm. It should compress the spring unless its adjusted to much.

gentz002

yeah i could but currently its only set at 1.5inches of lift.. its supposed to go up to 3inch so there should be some play at the current height.

ExpresswayFord

Get a friend to help pull or gently pry down the upper control arm?

gentz002

yeah i didnt bother putting the bolts in the lower part of the coil yet, i was trying to get it back in place first but im unable to compress it at all even being set to the 1.5 inch

gentz002

what im concerned with even with pulling down on the UCA to make it reach. is it going to be like im driving with 0 suspension if its not compress at all

quintonh

Can you run to autozone and rent a spring compressor tool?