How To: Pre '98 coil spring swap

[finn611]

one of my coil springs broke and had had to swap them out, pretty easy job ( less than 2 hours total ) with the twin I beam trucks. Start by jacking the truck up and getting a jack stand under the frame behind the front tire,
(only picture i have with the jack in it)

then jack up under the axle to compress the spring a little bit, then unbolt the shock and stabilizer,

Then you can let the jack down to lower the axle, pop the top of the coils spring out,

Then get a nice ratchet or in my case a nice impact, your going to need a long extension and a 1 1/8 socket, i sprayed everything down with PB blaster to help break everything loose, but for these i needed some heat ( i used a little propane torch for plumbing)

Then get the ratchet/impact on a give it hell and pop the coil spring out,

set the new coil in place and get the retainer and nut back on and tighten the nut back down,

Get the top of the spring back into possition and jack the axle back up to compress the coil spring so you can bolt the stabilizer and shock back up,

make sure the spring is in the right possition and you should be all set to bolt the tire back up,