How do you install a coil spring spacer?
How do you install a coil spring spacer?
How to Install Coil Spring Spacers
- Loosen the wheel’s lug nuts while vehicle is still on ground.
- Raise vehicle with either a large floor jack or frame lift.
- Place jack-stands under the frame to support it and lower vehicle onto them onto them.
- Place jack under the axle and raise it until it’s bearing some weight.
How does a coil spring spacer work?
Fixed amount of guaranteed lift: A spacer basically changes the height of the spring pad. A spacer will give a fixed amount of lift that will never change. The coil spring, used in conjunction with a spacer, can change lift height (due to wear or a change in weight), but the spacer will never change height.
How to install a leveling kit-truckspring?
Ensure all fasteners are tightened to OEM spec or the specs provided in the installation instructions for your kit. Place the coil spring spacer in the spring seat over the bump stop. Keeping the spring compressor on your spring, replace the spring in its original place, attaching the spring retaining clip.
Do you need to disassemble suspension to install leveling kit?
The great thing about leveling kits is that you typically don’t have to replace numerous parts to install them. However, you will need to disassemble some of the components of your current or factory suspension in order to install the leveling kit.
Can a coil come out of a leveling wheel?
Your coil should easily come out, held together by the spring compressor. OPTIONAL: While your coil and other components are out, you may want to take this time to grease the places where all the removed parts were attached in order to ease them back in. You may also want to clean the wheel.
How to check the spacer leveling kit install?
This is an optional step, but it helps to determine if you executed the spacer kit install correctly. Measure the height from your hub to the body on the front and rear. Note these numbers as you will measure again after the lift is complete. Make sure that your numbers match up with your leveling kits numbers.
Ensure all fasteners are tightened to OEM spec or the specs provided in the installation instructions for your kit. Place the coil spring spacer in the spring seat over the bump stop. Keeping the spring compressor on your spring, replace the spring in its original place, attaching the spring retaining clip.
The great thing about leveling kits is that you typically don’t have to replace numerous parts to install them. However, you will need to disassemble some of the components of your current or factory suspension in order to install the leveling kit.
Your coil should easily come out, held together by the spring compressor. OPTIONAL: While your coil and other components are out, you may want to take this time to grease the places where all the removed parts were attached in order to ease them back in. You may also want to clean the wheel.
What kind of Jack do you need for a leveling kit?
Use a hydraulic jack (jacks from spare tire kits won’t be sufficient) and jack stands to lift your front two wheels off the ground. Refer to your owner’s manual for the correct jacking points to safely lift the vehicle. Support with jack stands on the frame of the vehicle – do not rely on the jack to hold the weight of the vehicle while you work.
