Alright I have this kit now ready to install. I am wondering if there is any reason this kit doesnt come with new bump stop brackets. Will it be ok without or do I need longer shocks? Also wondering what the torque specs for the 3 nuts on the strut tower are and the sway bar end links, and the control arm, and the lug nuts? (I dont have a manual!) Thanks for any help. I read the DIY and it seems pretty straight forward, but just want to do it right. Thanks

 

also wondering if anybody actually needed a 2-jaw puller or ball joint separater or just loosened the nut and tapped on it. I soaked with wd-40 tonight so hopefully tomorrow it will separate!
Thanks again for any input!

 

Don't have the torque specs with me but the upper ball joint should pop right out with some light taps, mine is an o6 and it did. Pretty easy install and uninstall.......Iput the 2.5" in mine and had a horrible shake once in 4x4. Took them out last night and only took 1 1/2 hours. Good luck with yours.

 

Installed the kit a couple months ago and it took a total of 2.5 hours. Easy install and I have not experienced any kind of problems while in 4wd. No shakes for me!

 

i have a 2wd, so its a little different, but when it came to putting in my leveling kit i used a pitman arm puller...all in all, it sucked! took me forever to seperate the ball joint from the spindle. the second time around when i had to replace my upper ball joint, i used the fork that pulls the ball joint, some call it a pickle fork, others call it a ball joint remover fork, whatever. but that thing was great...slid it between the ball joint and 2 or 3 whacks with the hammer and it was seperated

 

No shake with mine either! None what so ever! I Noticed the shocks making a banging noise when hitting large bumps after I did mine so I got some Rough Country shocks for a 3" lift off Topguncustomz for pretty cheap!

 

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how do you guys like yours who are still installed? How tight did you torque everything down? Thanks for the help again!

 

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just wanted to add that on my truck sepataring the upper control aarm from the spindle was not just "Give it a tap and it will fall out" I needed a 2 jaw puller and I had to wail on that thing. What a beast! THe instructions that came with the kit were pretty lame. The DIY on this site was way more useful! (pics were the key!) So thanks for that. I just cranked everything good and tight. My question now is that it rides great and evey thing, just wondering when everything was back together, it just seems sostretched out now like the upper control arm had to be pryed like crazy to get it back together, and the sway bar link lower connection looks really stressed, is this all correct?