I think, I inserted the fork in the spring, and did not put it on the bottom of the spring. Also, like I said before, I used a small floor jack to keep tension on the spring by putting it under the lower control arm. I only collapsed the spring just enough to get it in place. Once it was in place, I let off of the jack enough to get the compressor out of the spring. I was able to get to the bolt for the spring compressor, from the shock hole on the lower control arm. There was nothing else connected to the control arms when I installed the spring. Once the spring was in it's proper place, and clocked correctly, then I used the floor jack to compress everything so I could install the spinal, using the jack to compress everything again after the spindle was in place. Then reassemble everything. The last one I did was in the afternoon after a ball joint failed at lunch time while I was getting my lunch. I had my truck towed home, and started around 2:00 PM. I finished around 9:00, and by 10:00 was taking my shower to got back to work the next day on my truck. If you zoom in on the pic, you can see just how far down the driver's side fell when the ball joint failed. That was the only control arm I hadn't changed. The lower driver's side.
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