Before lifting the passenger side there were only two thing that I had to
disconnect. The first was an A/C tube which had a plastic clip holding it onto the
inside fender. Taking off the clip let it move around more without having it having
to bend as much.
The second was the clips for the brake line on the passenger side had to be taken off. Even
after the lift was done I could not put both clips back on. In the next step I'm
planning on drilling a lower hole in wheel well so that
it will be back in its original position. When the wheel drops during articulation the
brake line is till very tight.
Getting the bolts to align with the studs was the hardest part. I had to use a bar and
a lot of elbow grease to align them. Anyway, after finally getting everything aligned I had to spray
some WD-40 on the lower bushes in order to tighten the bolts. If you try to tighten the
bushes with no grease the bolts will just spring back with the ratchet. I just hope that
I can get them off if ever need be.
After getting everything bolted down, I drove down to my friends shop (4x4 Gravel) to
borrow his air saw and hand held air sander. Next to an impact wrench these are two most
handy and time saving air tool you can have. Much thanks to him for letting me borrow them.
...anyway I'm getting off subject again, so I used them to cut the hole in the upper part of
the strut opening because the strut brace would no longer fit due to the lift.
Another thing that I had to do when the lift was done was flip the transfer case shifter
boot upside down. I didn't have to lengthen the shifter, but boot kept pulling it out of
2L. Before putting the center console back on I cut a piece of carpet out to cover some of
metal that was showing because the upper boot for the transmission shifter also would not fit.
on.
